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Booming Oil Industry Boosts Flatbed Demand

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We’ve also seen growing demand and higher rates out of Georgia , especially in Savannah. Construction activity boosted rates out of Las Vegas : The lane to Los Angeles was up to an average of $3.31/mile. Las Vegas to Phoenix also jumped up to $2.97/mile. That pushed rates lower out of Tampa.

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Demand Surges in Final Week of 2015

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Load-to-truck ratios surged last week, as year-end demand and ongoing bad weather faced off against a relative shortage of trucks between two holidays. The head haul lane is the one with the higher rate in a round-trip route, because there is more demand for trucks from Chicago to Dallas than from Dallas to Chicago, for example.).

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

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Outbound lanes there dipped slightly despite fairly strong demand ahead of Easter. Lots of lanes were paying summer-like rates last week: Rock Island to Minneapolis was up â–²62¢ to an average of $2.67/mile. Out West, flatbed loads going from Las Vegas to Salt Lake Cit y rose 61¢ on average at $3.02/mile.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

DAT Solutions

Outbound lanes there dipped slightly despite fairly strong demand ahead of Easter. Lots of lanes were paying summer-like rates last week: Rock Island to Minneapolis was up â–²62¢ to an average of $2.67/mile. Out West, flatbed loads going from Las Vegas to Salt Lake Cit y rose 61¢ on average at $3.02/mile.