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Spot Market Gets a Strong Start to May

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Houston rates jumped up 3% higher last week, and prices out of California are trending up due to tomato production. Historically, Houston to Chicago is a low-paying backhaul lane, so it’s rare to see the price jump up 13¢, especially when rates and volumes are also up out of Chicago. The other 17 held steady week-over-week.

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Is the Freight Recession Really Over?

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Higher volumes in Southeast and Northeast have been driving the results, but higher volumes on a couple lanes associated with oil production have also been key: Pittsburgh to Houston , and Houston to El Paso , which is related to the drilling activity in the Permian Basin. Cleveland to Houston also dropped 31¢ to $1.62/mile.

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Gas Trucks U-turn as Shortage Shifts From Texas to Florida

Material Handling & Logistics

We were long-hauling from Florida to Houston last week, and now we’re talking about going from Houston to Florida,” said Andy Milton, senior vice president of supply for Mansfield Oil in Gainesville, Georgia. Those same truckers may be making the long haul back to Florida to resupply the same tanks they emptied. “We Running Low.

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