BlueYonder

MAY 1, 2024

The 2024 North American Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024, was heavily hyped due to the number of major cities in its path including Dallas, Indianapolis, and Cleveland. A solar eclipse occurs exclusively during a new moon and is only possible because the moon is coincidentally 400 times smaller than the sun, but also 400 times closer to earth.

Texas 87

Texas Arizona Dallas Phoenix 87

DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so trucks are still in high demand to move refrigerated freight. Just like with dry van freight , reefer capacity tightened in the first week of November, meaning that shippers and brokers had a harder time finding trucks to move those reefer loads.

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Capacity Kansas City Denver Fresno 70

DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Reefer demand has also been low, and when there isn’t enough reefer freight to go around, those trucks start competing for van freight. Denver to Phoenix is still a weak lane at $1.20/mile, Last week they were down: Columbus to Memphis fell ▼17¢ to just $1.47/mile. Volumes surged in Allentown, PA. RISING LANES.

Columbus 70

Columbus Memphis Supply and Demand Los Angeles 70

DAT Solutions

JANUARY 17, 2019

Of course, for a lot of trucking companies, the work week can easily last six or seven days, but either way, one thing that the activity on the DAT Load Board told us last week was that pretty much everyone was back to working full time. Plus, freight moves are less urgent at this time of year, so prices down were across the country.

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Price Reduction Los Angeles Capacity Oklahoma City 70

DAT Solutions

MARCH 7, 2017

fell ▼9¢ to just $1.17/mile. It’s still early for produce season in Florida, as evidenced by the light color in the Hot States Map. The biggest spikes were on lanes out of Grand Rapids , but there aren’t a lot of loads on those lanes this time of year. Grand Rapids to Cleveland jumped up ▲50¢ to $3.34/mile.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Freight Memphis Las Vegas 70