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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

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Walmart shipped one quarter of its U.S. million km) using battery-electric vehicles hauling customer freight. Schneider says it began running the trucks to haul customer freight in January. Department of Transportation has a plan to overcome supply chain issues, and it appears the Albuquerque metro could be a key ingredient.

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Autonomous Truck Company Torc Robotics Aims to Scale

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Steve Banker, after a ride along in an autonomous truck from TORC In 2022, Torc Robotics – a provider of autonomous trucks for the middle mile – and Daimler Truck, who is the majority owner of Torc, held an event for journalists and financial analysts at a Torc facility in Albuquerque. It is Laredo, Texas.”

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How Hurricane Florence affects freight

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Big weather events like this usually affect the spot freight market in three stages. Before the storm , there’s urgency to move freight into the area or out of the way of the storm’s path. Some of those loads are already being tendered to freight brokers and 3PLs, who post them on DAT load boards.

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L.A. freight gets a tailwind from hurricanes and typhoons

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West Coast van freight heated up last week, especially in the Los Angeles market. In mid-September, we were focused on evacuating the Carolinas and diverting trucks and freight away from Hurricane Florence. Cargo ships were re-routed or delayed en route to and from ports from Savannah to Baltimore. Blame the weather.

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Rates rise, but gains may be temporary

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DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Denver to Albuquerque jumped 28¢ to $2.35/mile.

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Looking for a Reefer Load? Try These 5 Markets

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Albuquerque, NM, has been lighting up the Hot Market Map for a few weeks now. That region of New Mexico produces potatoes, onions, and beef that are shipped all over the country, leading to high volume on the load board. So if you take a load to Albuquerque from L.A. Photo by Wikimedia Commons author Daniel Schwen.

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Spot Market Gets a Strong Start to May

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Spot market van volumes slipped last week, with some energy sector freight leaving the van marketplace. Tomato harvests obviously equal more reefer freight, but processed and canned tomatoes in paste and sauces also lead to more van freight. For flatbed , the national average was the highest it's been in nearly two years at $2.09/mile.