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Spot Freight Rates Slip But Stay High

fleetnewsdaily | November 3, 2017

The spot truckload freight availability dipped 1.8% and the number of trucks posted fell 2.4% during the week ending Oct. 28, according to the DAT Solutions’ network of load boards. The national average spot van and reefer rates declined for the third week in a row while the flatbed rate held steady after nearly two […]

Freight and Rates Surge on the Spot TL Market

fleetnewsdaily | July 16, 2014

Freight availability on the spot market was 50% higher in June compared to the same month the previous year, continuing a pattern of elevated activity in 2014, according to the DAT North American Freight Index, a measure of truckload freight demand and capacity in the United States and Canada. The year-over-year increase was reflected in […]