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 28, 2018

mile, but it may trend up again before the month ends on Friday. That's typically a small market for flatbed freight, but a newly expanded steel mill there appears to be generating more freight, and may be benefiting from tariffs on foreign competition. The load-to-truck ratio for flatbeds rebounded last week to 28.4 NOT SO HOT.

Las Vegas 70

Las Vegas Los Angeles Cleveland Raleigh 70

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. Volumes in Birmingham are still soft, except for local freight. Rates on the top 100 van lanes showed the strongest surge of the year. mile on average.

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Fresno Los Angeles Memphis Freight 73

DAT Solutions

AUGUST 30, 2016

VAN TRENDS: Oregon and North Dakota are showing as dark red on the Hot States map above, due to a relative shortage of trucks, but there aren't necessarily a lot of loads available in either state. FLATBED TRENDS: Load-to-truck ratios are high for flatbeds in the Southeast, but rates are drifting down in Atlanta and Memphis.

North Dakota 73

North Dakota Seattle Atlanta Houston 73

DAT Solutions

JULY 31, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 270 million load and truck posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Falling Markets. Cleveland to Harrisburg dropped 74¢ to $3.62/mile.

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Las Vegas Los Angeles Jacksonville Baltimore 70

DAT Solutions

MARCH 2, 2016

Mild winter weather gave the flatbed freight season an early boost. Demand has been especially strong in the Southeast, although declining steel shipments led to a reduction in flatbed freight volume in Birmingham. Outbound rates rose in Memphis and Atlanta , but fell in Raleigh and Birmingham. loads per truck.

Cleveland 70

Cleveland Raleigh Memphis Material Savings 70

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. The good news: average van rates were higher in July than in June, which is not the usual trend. If this trend continues, rates could start moving up again. Rates were hurt by changes in the mix of cargo.

Oklahoma City 70

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Houston Fort Worth 70

DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Freight started moving into Florida again last week, due to pent-up demand following Hurricane Matthew. Both of these lane rates started to drift back down this week, indicating that shippers have already moved the overdue freight that was stalled during Hurricane Matthew. Flooding may have prevented loads from moving last week.

Charlotte 70

Charlotte North Carolina Atlanta Raleigh 70

DAT Solutions

APRIL 20, 2016

Load availability is up in the largest van freight markets, accompanied by a big increase in reefer freight movements compared to the previous week. Reefer freight volume was way up last week in most major markets. There was even a surge in freight out of Florida last Friday. mile last week. That rate is back down to $2.31/mile,

Denver 70

Denver Dallas Fort Worth Baltimore 70

DAT Solutions

JUNE 26, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 270 million load and truck posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. So "cooling off" is a relative term. RISING MARKETS.

Las Vegas 70

Las Vegas North Dakota Oklahoma City New Hampshire 70

DAT Solutions

MAY 1, 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. Roanoke to Baltimore soared to $3.58/mile.

Fort Worth 70

Fort Worth Las Vegas Cleveland Seattle 70

Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. are set to launch on Friday [March 29, 2019], testing whether an old-school industry will embrace a new financial tool designed to protect cargo haulers and shippers against swings in freight rates.”

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Best Buy rolls out same-day delivery in 13 markets (Star Tribune). Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. Manhattan Associates Empowers Warehouse Managers With New E-Commerce Capabilities.

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