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Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

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Harvey is not the first lethal and damaging flood to hit Houston: Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 killed 41 and caused $9 billion in damage, as well as flooding in 2016 that shut down the city for days. Houston’s expansive sprawl lacks drainage systems and has ample bodies of water that are easily exacerbated by heavy rains.

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Signs of Spring in Flatbed Markets

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That’s been offset by a slump in volumes out of Houston , though. Rock Island to Kansas City also shot up 61¢ to $3.22/mile. Memphis to Houston nose-dived 54¢ to $2.74/mile Flatbed trends have been mostly neutral overall so far in February. Rock Island to Minneapolis rose 54¢ to $2.76/mile.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

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Walmart’s goods start their nine day journey through Mexico to Houston’s major intermodal transit hub at the Lorenzo Cardenas Port. As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week.

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Reefer Capacity Gets Tighter Ahead of Thanksgiving

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The biggest spike was the lane from Chicago to Kansas City , which surged 49¢ up to $3.10/mile. Denver to Houston also took a 42¢ dive at $1.87/mile. Of the top 72 reefer lanes, 39 had rising rates, while 33 lanes were down. Chicago to Minneapolis also climbed 21¢ to $2.76/mile.

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Find Van Loads Fast in These 5 Places

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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. New Orleans is also a hot market, plus it's a popular destination for loads out of Houston.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

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Houston to Oklahoma City cooled, falling 15¢ to $1.73/mile. Texas mostly held steady last week, though volumes were off in Houston and rates dipped in Dallas. Rock Island to Kansas City was also up big at $2.81/mile. Chicago remains soft, and the lane to Buffalo fell 23¢ to $2.09.

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Spot market demand heats up out West

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Oil-related freight movements from Houston are definitely in a lull. Also, farming machinery has not yet started to move in volume, leading to lower rates out of Rock Island, IL: The lane from Rock Island to Kansas City fell 64¢ to $2.33/mi. Rock Island to Indianapolis dropped 53¢ $2.91/mi.