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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

For centuries the expense, risk, and frustration with ocean freight held back expansion of the international economy, despite the invention of the steam invention. First use of a modern container for ocean freight. Did You Know That … It wasn’t just about freight. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C. Container Regulation.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. For centuries, the expense, risk, and frustration with ocean freight held back expansion of the international economy, despite the invention of the steam invention. First use of a modern container for ocean freight.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

DAT Solutions

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. Atlanta to Raleigh added 39¢ to $2.39/mile.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

DAT Solutions

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. Atlanta to Raleigh added 39¢ to $2.39/mile.

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Loads and Rates Rise as Month Ends

DAT Solutions

Van rates rose sharply last week in Los Angeles and Stockton , and rates are rising in Dallas and Houston , although they’re still not great. Every region has at least one Hot Market for flatbed freight. On the West Coast, look for loads in Los Angeles , where outbound rates rose another 7¢ per mile last week.

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Sun Belt States are Hot for Seasonal Freight

DAT Solutions

Freight markets are heating up in the Sun Belt. Flatbeds saw rising freight volume and rates in the Southwest and a handful of Southeastern markets. Flatbed freight is strongest in the Southeast region, but not in the usual locations. Four major lanes out of Raleigh had double-digit increases last week. per mile.

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Major Freight Markets Saw Biggest Rate Surge of the Year

DAT Solutions

Freight patterns showed increased retail trade ahead of Memorial Day weekend, and since some drivers finished the week up early ahead of the holiday weekend, capacity also tightened. The lane Las Vegas to Los Angeles spiked earlier this year, and it did it again last week: Up to $3.71/mile mile on average.

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