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Strong February Spot Truckload Volumes, Rates Rise at Month’s End

Strong February Spot Truckload Volumes, Rates Rise at Month’s End

| March 14, 2017

Total freight volume was 48 percent higher last month than in February 2016, although the DAT North American Freight Index fell 13 percent and spot truckload rates softened in February compared to January.  An influx of capacity from contract carriers held down spot van and refrigerated freight rates. “Volume on the spot market in February was […]

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