Operations and Supply Chain Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Rickenbacker International Airport was a bustling hub for air freight well before the pandemic—a day’s truck drive to half of the U.S. International freight being unloaded at Rickenbacker airport. a digital freight forwarder. population, so the slogan goes. Photographer: Megan Jelinger/Getty Images. from 2020 and a 5.4%
DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 7, 2016
Load availability soared in places like Denver and Memphis. Both those markets are distribution hubs for e-commerce, which has stretched the traditional holiday retail freight season well into December. Most holiday freight arriving by sea is already here, so the ports are less active than they were in November.
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DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 30, 2016
Two of the easiest places to find a load out were Memphis , with more than 3,000 loads offered on Wednesday alone, and a ratio of 10 loads per truck; and Atlanta , with well over 4,500 loads, at a ratio of 3.9 Higher demand for vans drove load-to-truck ratios up throughout most of North America in the week after Christmas.
DAT Solutions
JULY 7, 2016
Meanwhile, look for the geographic emphasis to start shifting a little farther north, in preparation for a possible rebound in the Midwest, later in Q3. End-of-quarter and pre-holiday freight was even stronger than expected last week in Atlanta , Charlotte and Memphis , which were the top three markets for outbound loads on DAT load boards.
DAT Solutions
MARCH 6, 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. Oil-related freight movements from Houston are definitely in a lull.
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 4, 2016
Spot market freight showed signs of renewed life last week, even though rates slipped lower compared to the week before last. Memphis had more loads last week, as it replaced Houston as the number 3 market for load availability, following Atlanta and Dallas. Load availability was also up, and load-to-truck ratios improved.
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 31, 2017
Trends for Harvey-related rates and freight volumes continue to solidify in the DAT database, but it’s already clear that rates are going to be extra-high on any loads heading into Houston or to metro areas that are just outside the storm zone. Notice that the worst truck shortage is in Grand Rapids, MI.
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