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This Week in Logistics News (April 22-26, 2019)

Talking Logistics

req’d) Amazon adds in-garage delivery to in-home, in-car options (Good Morning America) Kroger’s autonomous delivery cars latest salvo in Houston grocery wars (Houston Chronicle) Walmart to Develop Its Own Supply Chain for Angus Beef (WSJ – sub. req’d) UPS’s $20 Billion Tech Bet Was Scorned by Wall Street.

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Flatbed rates and volumes move upward

DAT Solutions

Plenty of flatbed markets in the South and East experienced rising prices, including Birmingham, Tampa, Atlanta, Savannah, Raleigh, Harrisburg, Dallas and Phoenix. Some of the lanes where rates increased last week included: Houston to Oklahoma City jumped 38¢ to $2.55/mi. Atlanta to Houston increased 26¢ to $2.33/mi.

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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. In the South Central region, Houston is the biggest source of flatbed loads, and rates rose 30¢ to $2.38 per mile last week, in both directions between Houston and New Orleans.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C. A patent was filed in 1962 for using shipping containers as touring exhibition booths. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. Significance. Ideal X (aka Maxton ) ships 60 containers on deck from Newark, N.J. tops decade’s metro % growth.

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October Flatbed Rates Were Highest of the Year

DAT Solutions

The biggest declines for the month were on lanes out of Raleigh and Baltimore. Houston prices have mostly been neutral, but the lane to Wichita, KS , fell to just $1.77/mile. Flatbed rates were down out of a handful of Sunbelt markets: Atlanta, Savannah, Fort Worth, and Phoenix. Out West, Reno to Seattle declined to $1.98/mile.

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Van Rates Peak in July, Flatbed Prices Rise in Southeast

DAT Solutions

Memphis had more loads last week, as it replaced Houston as the number 3 market for load availability, following Atlanta and Dallas. Hot Markets include: Jacksonville, Savannah, Raleigh, and Roanoke. DAT Flatbed TriHaul of the Week: Houston - Oklahoma City - Ft Worth - Houston. That breaks up the return trip. mile to $2.12/mile

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Flatbed freight regains footing in December

DAT Solutions

Raleigh and Las Vegas made gains in the past week, while volumes have been above par for the month in Memphis and Houston. HOT MARKETS Savannah, GA , had a strong December, with flatbed rates up 11%. All rates below include fuel surcharges and are based on real transactions between brokers and carriers.