Average reefer rates dropped 13 cents from February, according to Truckstop.com’s transaction data. The $1.98 average in March was the lowest since October, but it is the segment’s second cheapest monthly average since February 2013. Reefer loads averaged $1.98 a mile in March, per Truckstop.com’s data — 2 cents lower than the same month last year:
Flatbed, meanwhile, soared in March. The segment’s per-mile average climbed 11 cents from February to $2.16 a mile, the highest monthly rate average for flatbed since September 2015. The segment was up 19 cents a mile from February 2016:
Van rates gained a penny in March from February, pushing the segment to $1.84 a mile. Van also averaged $1.84 a mile last March: