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Flatbed rates move lower, but they're still pretty high

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There is less activity in Texas, which may be related to steel tariffs that affect specialty pipe used in the oilfields. Outbound markets with double-digit price increases included Jacksonville, FL, Roanoke, VA and Las Vegas. Jacksonville to Miami increased 43¢ to $3.16/mile. Hot Markets.

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Flatbed Rates and Ratios at Record Highs

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The oil industry saw a huge downturn late in 2014 when oil prices dropped from over $100 per barrel (West Texas Intermediate crude, or WTI) to below $30 per barrel by February 2016. Jacksonville, FL market to Miami, FL market. #17. Lakeland, FL market to Jacksonville, FL market. . #3 Houston market to Dallas market. #4.

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Flatbed Markets Continue to Boom

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The oil industry has also fueled the Texas markets: Rates were higher last week out of Dallas and Fort Worth , while Houston held firm. Gains out of Las Vegas and Jacksonville, FL , suggest that construction equipment and material are on the move. A couple strong lanes last week: Raleigh to Greenville, SC , jumped up to $2.94/mile.

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Rebuilding Efforts Fuel Flatbed Demand

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In Texas : Dallas outbound rates have been kept in check because of the high number of inbound loads, but… Fort Worth rates rose 15% last month. Flatbed rates have been down in port cities that were affected by Irma: Tampa, Jacksonville and Savannah.

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Sun Belt States are Hot for Seasonal Freight

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Meanwhile, produce season is underway in parts of California, Florida and Texas, and reefer rates are responding to the seasonal transition. Jacksonville is also going strong, with big rate increases on the lanes to Miami up 13¢, and to New Orleans , up 40¢ Rates are rocketing up in Raleigh , after a down month.

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CargoBarn triples Atlanta footprint as supply chain woes spur growth

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Pioneering technology drives added expansions in Dallas, Jacksonville and Fresno. CargoBarn’s offices in Dallas, Jacksonville and Fresno also are expanding. Growth in Georgia, Florida, Texas, California. Its new Atlanta headquarters spans an entire floor of a high-rise – more than 24,000 s.f. –

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Major Freight Markets Saw Biggest Rate Surge of the Year

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Flatbed load counts are still strong in Texas , but it was the port cities of Los Angeles and Jacksonville that propelled rates, along with inland markets like Cleveland, Raleigh, and Rock Island, IL. had the highest volumes outside of Texas. mile on average.

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