The spot freight market was mixed last week as load availability decreased 3.9% and capacity crept upward by 6.6%, according to the latest numbers from DAT. Flatbed activity picked up, reefer loads fell, and van freight was steady. Flatbed load ability grew 7.7%, and capacity fell 2.4% for the week. The flatbed load-to-truck ratio also […]
2014 was a very good year for the Port of New Orleans, and officials there are forecasting an even more robust cargo scenario in 2015. New Orleans had an all-time container mark of 490,526 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) in 2014 and officials here are forecasting well over 500,000 TEUs for 2015.
The once-beleaguered $35 billion less-than-truckload (LTL) sector, beset by stagnant growth and lackluster profits for much of the past decade, is enjoying a revival. Mostly because of the strong industrial and retail economy, as well as tightness in capacity due to the lack of any new entrants in the past 10 years, the LTL sector […]
Oil bulls got another piece of bad news today from an unlikely source: the Federal Reserve. U.S. crude production has continued to rise in spite of the collapse in oil prices. The Fed’s oil extraction index clocked in at a seasonally adjusted 179.8 in February. That’s up 0.4 percent from January and 14.4 percent from […]
The average flatbed rate on the spot market picked up a little more steam while rates in the other two sectors remained stable as both the number of loads to move and truck capacity increased. According to DAT Solutions network of load boards, flatbeds increased 1.4% the second week of the month compared to the […]
Factory production in the U.S. declined in February for a third consecutive month, a sign cutbacks in manufacturing will hold back economic growth this quarter. The 0.2% decrease at manufacturers followed a 0.3% drop in January that was initially estimated as a gain, figures from the Federal Reserve in Washington showed March 16. Total industrial […]
Freight availability continued its seasonal rebound the first week of March with a 6.3 percent increase over the last week of February, DAT Trendlines reported Wednesday.
The economy continued to expand across most of the country from early January to mid-February, but regions reported difficulty in filling openings for truck drivers, the Federal Reserve said.
Rates on the spot freight market increased in all three major categories for the first time in weeks, according to the freight matching service provider DAT Solutions. The national average van rate picked 0.5% for $1.88 per mile for the week ending Feb. 28 compared to the previous week. The hike was in the linehaul […]
Intermodal rail traffic fell in February, according to new figures released on Wednesday by the Association of American Railroads. U.S. railroads originated 929,395 containers and trailers during the month, down 6.5%, or 64,384 units, from the same month last year.
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