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Amazon Workers Walk Out and Demonstrate for Grievances with Management

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According to reporting from The Seattle Times , workers provided images of walkouts involving Brussels, Chicago, London, Miami , as well as offices in Virginia and Idaho.

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Rates and Demand Are Still High for Refrigerated Freight

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Those, combined with the supply chain disruptions caused by the hurricanes, have led to tight capacity in southern Idaho, and outbound rates continue to climb out of Twin Falls. Florida rates continued to slide: Miami to Atlanta dropped 40¢ to $1.29/mile, Grand Rapids to Philadelphia dropped 58¢ to $3.52/mile.

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Imported Produce Volume Outpaces Home-Grown

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still grows plenty of apples, onions, and potatoes, in Washington, Colorado and Idaho, respectively. So have Miami and Savannah, but an ever-larger portion of the reefer freight in those markets originated in Chile and neighboring countries. Potatoes make up 15% of vegetables consumed in the U.S. and Mexico.

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Pre-Christmas Demand Could Keep Reefer Rates High

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Potato shippers have continued to be busy, and there were big increases on a couple of lanes out of Southern Idaho. Miami rates fell after an off-season boost in the previous week, and the lane to Boston was down 36¢ to $1.62/mile. Going the opposite direction, Philadelphia to Miami also fell 31¢ to $2.05/mile.

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Van Rates Might Be Close to the Bottom, if They Aren't There Already

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California, Arizona, and Idaho generally have robust winter volumes, but those key markets have been soft so far this year. You can see in the map above that Florida also has a low load-to-truck ratio, but there there has been a burst of potato shipments in the southern part of the state that's boosted prices out of Miami.

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Where Did Reefer Rates Rise the Most Last Week?

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Load counts are still high in Southern Idaho , and in general, westbound and southbound lanes were up, while eastbound lanes tended to have lower rates. Mexican imports boosted reefer rates 12¢ on the lane from Nogales, AZ, to Los Angeles to $1.84/mile. Denver to Salt Lake City climbed 15¢ to $1.80/mile.

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California Reefer Freight Starts to Heat Up

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Other markets to hit a lull last week included Miami, Southern Idaho, and Grand Rapids. HOT MARKETS: The biggest changes last week were in California, where reefer freight finally started to move out of Fresno and Sacramento in serious quantities, but load counts fell sharply in L.A. and Ontario.