DAT Solutions

JANUARY 10, 2018

The demand for refrigerated trailers peaked at year-end, but the extra-cold weather in many parts of the country has kept prices at record-setting levels in many areas, since those trailers are being used to keep freight from freezing. Green Bay to Minneapolis also jumped up 48¢ to $3.49/mile

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 27, 2015

In fact, there were more load posts on DAT Load Boards from January through September 2015 than in any other year except 2014 -- which was an exceptional year in freight transportation. 18-24, above, also shows favorable load-to-truck ratios in the Dakotas, but freight volume there is more moderate. What's different this year?

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Of the 13 major van freight markets tracked weekly in DAT Trendlines , only Memphis had an average outbound rate above $2.00/mile Dallas is the top destination for loads, but Texas is in a freight slump. MINNEAPOLIS: The Upper Midwest has been strong for van freight thanks to fall harvests. mile last week.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 1, 2017

We got a welcomed surge of spot market freight to close out July. That would’ve led to more reefer trucks competing for van freight, and the extra capacity kept rates down. That would’ve led to more reefer trucks competing for van freight, and the extra capacity kept rates down. FALLING LANES.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

So it's no big surprise that the Minneapolis market area was also the land of a thousand loads (per day) in the first half of November, as fresh turkeys got stuffed into temp-controlled trailers during the run-up to Thanksgiving. The peak season for reefers in the Minneapolis market is late summer, not late fall. loads per truck.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

At the beginning of the year, DAT Pricing Analyst Mark Montague declared that the freight recession was over. Since then, we've been in the middle of what's traditionally been the slow season for freight. But compared to February of last year, there's been more than a 100% increase in freight on the spot market this month.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2017

Rates out of Minneapolis are also on the upswing. Green Bay to Minneapolis surged, up 75¢ to $2.88 per mile, as freight volume out of Southern California continues to drop. Chicago to Minneapolis rates fell 18¢ to $2.27 per mile, as rates out of Minneapolis are trending up. RISING LANES.

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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. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. Flatbed freight was strong in March, and there was a spike in rates to close the month. Spot market volumes were down during the first week of April.

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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. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. Flatbed freight was strong in March, and there was a spike in rates to close the month. Spot market volumes were down during the first week of April.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

Target to test next-day delivery service in Minneapolis (Reuters). March 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Amazon cuts free shipping minimum to $25 (Reuters). Domino’s autonomous vehicle pizza delivery now live in Germany (ZDnet). New York to allow self-driving vehicle testing (Reuters).

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Freight volume AND RATES got a healthy boost last week for all equipment types. You can expect to find good van freight at good rates well into September. Southbound rates are up all over, from Oregon to the big freight markets in the Mid-Atlantic States. Rates were up 16¢ from Minneapolis to Chicago to $1.84

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 14, 2017

That'll no doubt affect freight movements, with trucks banned from some highways in the Northeast while Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Virginia declare states of emergency. Charlotte joined Atlanta as an early leader ahead of the spring freight season, but the story for the past few weeks has been Houston. mile on average.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 31, 2017

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. Green Bay to Minneapolis slipped 20¢ to $1.99/mile, Volumes in Birmingham are still soft, except for local freight.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 6, 2019

Freight volumes surged about 25% out of both Miami and Lakeland, FL, and some lanes about of Florida saw rates jump as much as 85¢ per mile. California - Overall, California has been slower than usual, with freight volumes down about 3%, due to heavy rain. Green Bay to Minneapolis dropped 28¢ to $2.52/mi.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 4, 2020

Join us for a look back at the intersection of trucking, civil unrest and an examination of how logistics planning and management software helps keep freight moving in spite of upheaval and disruption. Stop hey, what’s that sound, everybody look what’s going down (with visibility provided by UltraShipTMS). .

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Combine all that with the tighter capacity that came about as a result of the ELD mandate going into effect, and you get higher rates out of nearly every major market for refrigerated freight. Just like with dry van freight , Dallas posted the biggest increases, with the average outbound rates up 13%. Not a good week at all.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2018

Temperatures on the round trip between Chicago and Minneapolis have been extra frigid, but rates were hot last week in both directions: Van rates on Chicago to Minneapolis were up 39¢ to an average of $3.06/mile. The return trip from Minneapolis to Chicago was up 29¢ to $2.67/mile. FALLING LANES.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 5, 2017

Flatbed freight volume and rates gained some traction in June, after a couple of slow months. Texas had the biggest rebound last week, partly due to a surge of loads leaving Houston, the biggest flatbed freight market in the country by far. Rock Island, IL to Minneapolis was down to $2.47 including the fuel surcharge.

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

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 Minneapolis rose 54¢ to $2.76/mile. Altogether, flatbed volumes have held steady following the uptick we saw at the end of January.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

February is usually the slowest month of the year for spot freight, and declines in reefer rates have been sharper than in the van segment. There were a lot of dramatic shifts in load counts last week in the major markets for refrigerated freight, which led to some price swings. Volumes were up big in four very scattered markets.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Reefer volumes have fallen, though, and that's also kept van rates in check since reefer trucks compete for van freight during slow periods. Green Bay to Minneapolis fell 28¢ to $2.25/mile. One positive sign is that February van volumes are up almost 10% higher than last February, a month when rates are typically down.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Rock Island, IL, to Minneapolis rose at an average of $3.71/mile. Florida has a balance problem, where the demand for inbound freight is much higher than the demand for outbound trucks. Continuing the regional theme out of Nevada: Flatbed rates from Reno to Seattle rose to $2.97/mile. That pushed rates lower out of Tampa.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Reefer volumes have fallen, though, and that's also kept van rates in check since reefer trucks compete for van freight during slow periods. Green Bay to Minneapolis fell 28¢ to $2.25/mile. One positive sign is that February van volumes are up almost 10% higher than last February, a month when rates are typically down.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 22, 2018

DAT load boards provides the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. mile, and the lane from Chicago to Minneapolis moved down 12¢ to $2.63/mile.

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Freightera

MAY 28, 2019

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 30, 2018

mile – rates in the opposite direction also fell 29¢ The Super Bowl has led to higher demand for freight heading into Minneapolis , so outbound prices are down. Chicago to Buffalo came back down 29¢ to $3.55/mile The lane to Chicago fell 21¢ to $2.67/mile. Out West, Los Angeles to Seattle was down 21¢ to $2.64/mile.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 7, 2016

The calendar was a big factor, as shippers try to push freight out the door before the end of the fiscal year or quarter. Large carriers might still make all their scheduled deliveries, but they don't take a lot of exception freight when fewer drivers are willing to work. Green Bay , WI. Lubbock , TX. Laredo , TX. Hutchinson , KS.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Rates edges up 1¢ per mile last week, as reefer freight availability added another 4% on the spot market last week, and truck posts were mostly stable (up 0.3%) on DAT Load Boards. Minneapolis was another ripe market for reefers. Apples rolled out of Green Bay, WI, as well, providing additional opportunities to reefer carriers.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Spot market freight has stabilized in recent weeks, and last week we saw load-to-truck ratios rise for every trailer type. For one, lackluster contract freight volumes has led to more contract carriers putting trucks on the spot market, and the extra capacity has kept rates from rising in many places. The other 13 lanes were neutral.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 13, 2018

At the top of each row was the name of the city where they would commonly deliver freight. The driver would call us and say there's a load going from here to Minneapolis. Schultz's dispatch board was a series of time-card slots mounted to the wall in the company's dispatch office. If it was a van load, they'd use a yellow card.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

– Bernt ‘Smitty’ Smith, capacity manager, Minneapolis Surface Transportation. Being able to impact their business by finding them freight to get them home is a perk of working with these professionals. I know what kinds of loads and lanes they prefer most, and enjoy finding freight I know will be good for their business.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

often suffer from all kinds of severe weather during the first quarter, impacting freight movements. Then temperatures suddenly plunged into the single digits and below in much of the Midwest, including sub-zero temps in Chicago and Minneapolis. Large swaths of the U.S. This winter could be one of the coldest yet.

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Zipline Logistics

AUGUST 24, 2021

The big-box store first opened in the early 1900s in Minneapolis, MN, and has grown into a perennial top-10 revenue capturing retailer. Carriers and freight providers are busier than ever, making it even more important to consider incorporating lead time into your orders. But first, let’s take a look at a bit of background.

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ShipBob

MARCH 12, 2023

Zone skipping is a shipping strategy that involves consolidating parcel or freight loads based on region and then sending them out in a single shipment. For instance, say it costs $10 to ship one package from Philadelphia to Minneapolis. What is zone skipping? Shipping 2,000 individual packages would end up costing you $20,000.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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