Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

New Transport Mode to Redefine Freight Movement. Google Express, the tech company’s fast delivery service, expands in Kansas City (Kansas City Star). July 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Baidu receives approval from California DMV to test self-driving cars (Reuters). project44 Raises $10.5M

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Currently, this has not made a substantial impact on the freight market, but we are seeing signs that the industry is beginning to recover. Additionally, according to Freight Waves, “outbound tender rejections have increased week-over-week for the first time since the OTRI peaked at 19.25% on March 28.”. Southeast Logistics.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

That means a lot of freight delivery schedules are going to slip. DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Freight brokers offered four days’ worth of loads for vans, and five days' worth of loads for reefers, but most truckers were not interested in working even the full four days. That trend was partly responsible for the extra penny added to the line haul, to offset the decline in the fuel surcharge.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 11, 2017

That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. Van rates were also trending up out of Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. Flatbed freight was strong in March, and there was a spike in rates to close the month.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 11, 2017

That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. Van rates were also trending up out of Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. Flatbed freight was strong in March, and there was a spike in rates to close the month.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 5, 2020

To effectively track each state’s progress in reopening and how freight is impacted, we will publish a market update for the coming weeks as the country eases out of lockdowns. . Increases in volumes started climbing this week steadily but still down 10-15% year-over-year according to Freight Waves’ Sonar indexes. .

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The country’s underdeveloped intermodal freight transportation system is consistently outperformed by its faster and better integrated U.S. The move may be risky, but the mega retailer’s play may also be indicative of an emerging trend in North American maritime freight. freight imports anytime soon.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 23, 2021

billion to one-up rival’s bid for Kansas City Southern railway. And unfortunately, the trend shows no sign of stopping. A bidding war is heating up for Kansas City Southern’s north-south rail network through the North American industrial corridor, with Canadian National Inc. (CN) Walmart is pulling the plug on more robots.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Flatbed trends have been mostly neutral overall so far in February. Looking to move flatbed freight? DAT has the largest digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more loads posted daily than any other load board. Rock Island to Kansas City also shot up 61¢ to $3.22/mile.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 10, 2015

Last month, I had the pleasure of talking to a group of owner-operators and aspiring small fleet owners in Kansas City as part of CMC Live. My suggestion is that most freight into Wisconsin comes from other points in the Midwest, so any load into the Midwest helps you meet your goal. Discuss the alternatives with your broker.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 6, 2019

That's a typical trend for this time of year, but volumes are starting to gather strength. VAN TRENDS. The West Coast is starting to see the freight that shipped from China after the Chinese New Year celebrations ended. port for those ships, and that freight was already being loaded onto trucks last week. FLATBED TRENDS.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. As the center of the dustbowl during the early 20 th century, Kansas has a long history of agriculture in the United States. If dealing with North Dakota freight, expect some capacity fluctuations around this time.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 10, 2017

You see, the most common length of haul is between 250 and 550 miles for intercity freight. Generally the trend though, is higher for Monday's loads and lower for Tuesday's loads, hence I've taken to call it "Backhaul Tuesday.". Houston and Atlanta are pumping out freight like crazy. I call those intermediate lanes.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 2, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. Lack of freight volume is hurting spot market reefer prices.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 15, 2016

Rates are available in the DAT Power™ load board and in our standalone freight rates tool, DAT RateView™ HOUSTON: Rates on the Houston to Dallas lane are down when compared to March, but prices were trending up last week. Rates include fuel surcharges and are based on real transactions between carriers and brokers.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so trucks are still in high demand to move refrigerated freight. Just like with dry van freight , reefer capacity tightened in the first week of November, meaning that shippers and brokers had a harder time finding trucks to move those reefer loads. Chicago to Denver soared 27¢ to $3.17/mile.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Pockets of demand and favorable ratios can also be found in western Kansas and southern Indiana. Outbound rates edged up in Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia and other major freight markets, however, as shippers rushed to move inventory before the quarter ended on Wednesday. per mile, due to a decline in the fuel surcharge.

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