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Business
Spot market demand tilting toward a stronger environment for carriers in 2017
FTR analyst and COO Jonathan Starks feels truckersā demand position in the spot market will improve well into 2017, particularly if movement toward electronic logging devices picks up. As in any improving-demand situation, rates will follow up.
November 2, 2016
Business
Spot market: Mixed bag for flatbed, dry van, reefer
Surging van freight in the Southeast post-Matthew fell off as flatbed picked up there last week. Reefers were in demand in markets along the Mexican border with produce coming north.
October 28, 2016
Business
Rates move, slightly: Demand indicators for flat, van, reefer
Hanjin bankruptcy impacts continued to be felt in high van demand out West, while the hurricane put a short-term damper on freight volume out East late last week. Demand pictures for all three major segments available here.
October 12, 2016
Business
Complexity on the spot market with Q3 end, hurricane, Hanjin, holidays
By and large, sands shifted last week on the spot market, and though demand and volume indicators for dry van and reefer segments have shown marked improvement (and particularly on a year-over-year basis), rates havenāt caught up, yet.
October 7, 2016
Business
Spot market update: If youāre following the demand, āGo west, young manā
āThe whole West Coast is showing good freight and rising rates,ā notes DATās Ken Harper, particularly in van/reefer segments. āL.A.-Long Beach was driven by the Hanjin debacle,ā the abrupt bankruptcy of the Hanjin ocean shipping company, but Northern California and the Northwest are showing improvement as well.
September 29, 2016
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Spot market UP-date, weekend edition: Good news for a change
The weekly demand charts from DAT came in a smidge later than usual this week, so I thought Iād host them here on the blog this time around. Data is for the week prior to Labor Day, and the good news is that volume and load-to-truck ratios rose on the spot marketĀ and rates followed, especially [ā¦]
September 10, 2016
Business
Reefer rates climbed in August, flatbed and van rates fell
Per-mile rates on the spot market mostly continued to tumble in August, according to monthly rate data from Truckstop.com. Reefer rates were the lone bright spot in the monthās rates report, climbing 4 cents a mile. Dry van and flatbed rates both posted declines.
September 2, 2016
Business
Spot market update: Local demand indicators for three major segments in the last week
A somewhat lackluster week on the spot market saw van and reefer volume increase slightly, but rates were more or less unchanged as a national average. Flatbed volume and rates considered broadly continued to drift down, but Savannah-Charlotte was a hot round trip.
September 1, 2016
Business
Spot market update ā van, reefer transitional period, and a few hot markets
Midwest writ large is trending up, the Southeast down, with the exception of lanes into Louisiana. Increases were dramatic on lanes into the Shreveport market, which includes Alexandria, La. Ensler Field outside Alexandria is one of the staging areas for FEMA.
August 25, 2016
Business
Holding pattern: Van, reefer rates flat nationally but some markets heat up
Rates on the lane from Buffalo to Allentown, Pa.Āø were up 13 cents to an average of $2.59 per mile. The Midwest has also been improving, with outbound prices up in both Columbus and Chicago.
August 12, 2016
Business
Spot market van rates showing strength ā relatively speaking, that is
DAT Load Boardsā network showed July van rates above Juneās, atypical this time of years. Itās one of a couple āgood signs that weāre watching to see if they hold up,ā says DATās Ken Harper. Flatbed picture remains volatile, though the Southeast is showing strength.
August 4, 2016
Business
Spot market update: Seasonal reefer slump continues, van and flat show more strength
In this weekly spot market demand update, trends show the typical mid-July freight slump isnāt as bad for some truckers as it was in previous years. Flat rates are rising, van volumes holding, but reefer is showing typical seasonality.
July 28, 2016
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