Search DAT. Lagging produce volumes hurt reefer rates < Back to posts. DAT April 29, 2019; ... On the top reefer lanes last week, rates increased in 27 lanes, decreased in 41, and 4 lanes remained neutral. The national average reefer rate so far for April is $2.15/mi., 2¢ lower than the March average. ...On the West Coast, reefer rates on the lane from Sacramento to Portland, OR fell 32¢, but the $2.91/mile average is still higher than it was a month ago; Find loads, trucks and lane-by-lane rate information in DAT load …Reefer spot rates in Texas increased by $0.06/mile last week to $1.79/mile, while in California, linehaul rates increased by $0.02/mile to $2.22/mile. In California's second-largest reefer spot market of Fresno, spot rates increased by $0.09/mile last week to $2.25/mile, while in Los Angeles, the state's largest reefer market, outbound ...Search DAT. Rates Jump 28 cents in Hottest Reefer Lanes < Back to posts. DAT Guest Author ; June 11, 2013 ; Rate Trend of the Week; Rate trends are actually a series of snapshots.We see the trends emerge the way we see motion in a flip-book. Rates rise first in high-volume lanes, then some of the backhaul lane rates will adjust to account for ...The number of spot reefer load posts on the DAT network increased 13% last week with very little change in the number of trucks posted. The national average reefer load-to-truck ratio edged higher from 8.6 to 9.9 as a result. ... The average spot reefer rate was higher on 19 of those lanes, lower on 39 and neutral on 14. Spring harvests.The DAT contract van rate decreased 2 cents to $2.57 per mile, the reefer rate fell 4 cents to $2.97 and the flatbed rate dropped 7 cents to $3.13. The gap between spot and contract van rates has remained at 48 cents for three months. That’s 15 cents a mile less than in October 2022, when the average spot rate was $2.43 and the contract …The spot reefer rate was $3.06 per mile, down 7 cents, and the flatbed rate added 3 cents to $3.44 per mile. ... Rates are derived from RateView, DAT's database of $137 billion in annualized freight transactions, and include over-the-road lanes with lengths of haul of 250 miles or more. Spot rates represent the payments made to carriers by ...This year, reefer prices rose at the end of April, which was later than expected, but van and flatbed rates hit a plateau that lasted through mid-May. There are a few big factors at play here. More Drivers - Unemployment is still high, but the trucking industry added 11,700 jobs in April, after losing 6,300 in March.Reefer linehaul spot rates are now $0.02/mile lower than this time in 2018, following last week's $0.03/mile decrease to a national average of $2.24/mile. Compared to the previous year, reefer spot rates are $0.54/mile lower but still $0.28/mile higher than the pre-pandemic average for this time of the year. Read the full weekly market update.Nov 14, 2023 · Benchmark rates for contracted freight declined as well. The DAT contract van rate decreased 2 cents to $2.57 per mile, the reefer rate fell 4 cents to $2.97 and the flatbed rate dropped 7 cents to $3.13. The gap between spot and contract van rates has remained at 48 cents for three months.The volume of reefer truckloads moved for all commodity types increased by 11% last week, and in a sign that capacity is beginning to tighten, spot rates were flat for the fourth week at around $1.89/mile. Compared to last year, reefer linehaul rates are $0.14/mile lower and $0.01/mile higher than in 2020. Learn more about the DAT One network.Spot van, reefer rates set records. The national average rate for van freight on the DAT One load board network increased 9 cents to $2.85 per mile (including a fuel surcharge), the fifth time the ...Tune into DAT iQ Live, live on YouTube or LinkedIn, 10am ET every Tuesday. Market watch All rates cited below exclude fuel surcharges unless otherwise noted. Atlanta outbound reefer rates increased by $0.12/mile last week to an average rate of $1.80/mile, while on the high-volume regional lane to Lakeland, FL, carriers averaged $2.94/mile, the highest since February.Contract carriers collect higher rates in 2019 on lower volume. For contract carriers, volume slid lower for van, reefer, and flatbed freight, compared to January. As a result, shipper-to-carrier direct rates edged down month over month, but prices were up sharply compared to February 2018.Reefer Spot and Contract Rates. The big picture: Rates are market averages from DAT’s RateView, which provides real-time reports on prevailing spot market and contract rates. • RateView’s database is comprised of more than $110 billion in freight bills in over 68,000 lanes. Why it matters:Contract rates are beginning to rise, in response to capacity constraints, according to new data in DAT RateView. Van rates rose for the first time in 2013, with a one cent increase, while reefer rates rose two cents and flatbed rates added three cents. ... Harvest Volume Props Up Reefer Rates - Reefer produce has been slightly down in ...The DAT benchmark spot van rate was $2.09 per mile in August, up 2 cents compared to July, while the reefer rate gained 7 cents to $2.51 per mile. The flatbed rate slipped 3 cents to $2.54 a mile. Line-haul rates, which subtract an amount equal to a fuel surcharge, tumbled compared to July: Line-haul van rate: $1.57 per mile, down 6 cents.Spot van and reefer rates each set records in March. The national average spot truckload van rate was $2.67 a mile, up 13 cents compared to February and almost 30 cents higher than the previous monthly average high in December 2020. The national average spot reefer rate was $2.95 per mile, up 25 cents compared to February and 20 cents higher ...The national average reefer rate was also up 8¢ compared to the March average, at $2.48/mile. All rates below include fuel surcharges and are based on real transactions between brokers and carriers. HOT MARKETS. Out of California, Fresno outbound pricing jumped 4.4% on higher volumes, and Los Angeles rates rose 3.9%.The spot van rate averaged $2.16 per mile in March, 8 cents less than in February and 89 cents less year over year. The contract rate averaged $2.75 a mile, down 12 cents. The spot reefer rate ...Load posts in DAT's Top 10 reefer freight markets, representing 23% of total load posts, increased by 13% last week, which was insufficient to impact outbound capacity significantly. ... Reefer spot rates have decreased by 31% or almost $1.00/mile since the start of the year, leaving the flatbed linehaul rate just $0.01/mile lower than in ...Vans got the biggest bump, which boosted the load-to-truck ratio above 3.0 for the first time since early July, and gave carriers a 6¢ per mile raise, as a national average. Reefers had the best load-to-truck ratio since January, accompanied by a 3¢ rate increase, and even flatbed rates got a 1¢ lift alongside a 4% increase in the ratio.Jul 13, 2022 · In the Southeast Region, the USDA reports a shortage of trucks for loads of sweet potatoes, pushing up regional reefer rates. In Raleigh, NC, reefer rates increased by $0.43/mile to $2.67/mile last week, and on the 580-mile west to Bowling Green, KY, spot rates were up $0.33/mile to $2.58/mile, the second-highest reading in the last 12-months.Sep 21, 2021 · The reefer rate was $3.15 per mile, up 1 cent compared to July. The flatbed rate averaged $3.08 a mile, a 4-cent decline with demand tapering off seasonally. Spot load postings increased 12%Reefer capacity was also tight in Miami with rates up $0.07/mile to $1.29/mile. In Pittsburgh, reefer capacity was extremely tight last week following a 22% w/w increase in load post volumes resulting in rates jumping by almost $0.70/mile to $3.76/mile.The line-haul van rate (no fuel surcharge), which entered the month below last year's average, has increased 12% from $1.51 per mile on March 1 to $1.70 per mile on March 23. Demand for trucks ...Tune into DAT iQ Live, live on YouTube or LinkedIn, 10am ET every Tuesday. The latest data from the USDA indicated shipments of lettuce in Yuma, AZ, were down 23% y/y at the end of March, totaling 23,272 truckloads. ... reefer spot rates dropped a penny per mile last week to a national average of $1.86/mile. Reefer linehaul rates are …DAT'sratecast is forecasting that spot rates excluding fuel will remain flat as we head into February, and then drop about $0.05 as we get closer to the end of February. • DAT'sextended forecast for reefer spot rates excluding fuel predicts that rates will increase $0.10 in January to $2.16, and then decrease steadily until the springState-level Florida outbound reefer rates, at $2.00/mile, were almost identical to last year. On the southern border in McAllen, reefer volumes were up 24% last week, pushing up outbound spot rates by $0.07/mile to $2.20/mile. At $2.10/mile, Texas reefer rates are just $0.08/mile lower than in 2018. Loads from McAllen to Oklahoma …Spot reefer rate: $2.44 a mile, up 3 cents; Spot flatbed rate: $2.65 a mile, down 2 cents ... DAT’s rate analysis is based on $150 billion in annualized freight transactions. Load-to-truck ratios reflect truckload supply and demand on the DAT One marketplace and indicate the pricing environment for spot truckload freight.Chicago reefer rates rose the most last week, bouncing back with higher volumes. The biggest increase was on the lane from Chicago to Denver, up 30¢ to $3.02/mile. Chicago to Kansas City also climbed 23¢ to $3.02/mile. Mexican imports boosted reefer rates 12¢ on the lane from Nogales, AZ, to Los Angeles to $1.84/mile.Nov 12, 2019 · Last week on the top 72 reefer lanes, more lanes had rising rates than falling, which is always a positive sign. And the average reefer rate for November is up 2¢ compared to the October average. The current national average is $2.13/mi. for reefer trailers. Looking for reefer loads?The DAT Truckload Volume Index, a measure of dry van, refrigerated and flatbed loads moved by truckload carriers, fell 2% in January from December 2020. ... The national average spot reefer rate ...As DAT is a raw file format that is not associated with any application, so there is no dedicated DAT file viewer application to download. A DAT file can contain practically anythi...21 Jan 2022 ... “It's tough times for many reefer shippers and importers these days. A lot of places in the world at the moment lack reefer equipment.And the average reefer rate for November is up 2¢ compared to the October average. The current national average is $2.13/mi. for reefer trailers. Looking for reefer loads? DAT load boards are the largest and most …In 2017, spot market reefer rates rose above the contract averages in September, and they kept rising until the end of the year and beyond. There was a gap of 18¢ per mile between the two in December, and by this week, that gap has widened to 37¢. Spot market reefers are being paid an average of $2.69/mile and contract carriers are getting $2.37.Changes to DAT's broker-to-carrier benchmark spot rates were mixed. The spot van rate averaged $2.10 per mile, up 3 cents compared to November. The reefer and flatbed rate dipped 2 cents to $2. ...The national average reefer rate ended May at $2.15 per mile, which was the same as the April average. But now we're in to June, which is typically the peak month for reefer freight. DAT load boards are the largest and most trusted digital marketplace for truckload freight, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus ...The exception was in the East, where rates held up better than in most areas. On the top 72 reefer lanes last week, rates were down in 55 lanes. DAT load boards are the largest and most trusted digital marketplace for truckload freight, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually.In contrast, reefer lanes from Philadelphia are down 2.2% and rates from Chicago declined 2.4% as the outbound lane from the Windy City to Columbus fell $0.22 (10%). Other decreasing rates were found in the lane from Memphis to Dallas, down $0.22 (10%), and from Dallas to Laredo which fell $0.40 (25%).The van load-to-truck ratio declined last week to 1.3 loads per truck. National Average Freight Rates - April to-date. Van: $1.86/mile (1¢ higher than the March average) Reefer: $2.17/mile (same as the March average) Flatbed: $2.40/mile (6¢ higher than March) VAN TRENDSData for the first six months of this year showed a distinct lack of herd rebuilding due to lingering drought conditions and higher feed costs. Overall, beef cattle processing rates are lower than last year but still vastly higher than historical patterns. ... In the Midwest, reefer rates increased in Chicago and Joliet by $0.10/mile to $2.42 ...Last week, there was a slight bump in reefer load post volumes, increasing by 5%, although volumes remain down by 28% m/m and 26% y/y as the reefer market cools rapidly ahead of produce season. Fewer carrier equipment posts resulted in the reefer load-to-truck ratio increasing by 10% w/w from 6.93 to 7.63.The national average van rate hit $1.98 for dry vans last week. That’s 4¢ per mile above the December average and higher than any monthly rate since 2018. Reefer rates rose, as well, but flatbeds lost 4¢ per mile. Looking for loads in 2020? DAT load boards are the largest and most trusted digital marketplace for truckload freight.Reefer Rates in March 2024. DAT reefer spot rates, net fuel, fell 6¢ per mile m/m to $1.86 in March, 6¢ below the normal seasonal pattern and reversing about three quarters of outperformance in January. In early April, rates remained soft. DAT reefer contract rates, net fuel, were unchanged m/m in March at $2.37 per mile. In seasonally ...The national average spot rate for van loads on the DAT One load board network was 8 cents lower than the March average at $2.59 per mile, but the second-highest monthly average van rate on record. ... In addition, the average contract rate for reefer freight was $2.78 a mile, 15 cents below the average spot reefer rate. The …Spot rates. After being mostly flat for a month, reefer spot rates increased by almost $0.01/mile last week even though the national volume of loads moved was down by just over 10%. At $1.90/mile, reefer linehaul rates are $0.11/mile lower and $0.03/mile higher than in 2019.At $1.88/mile, Florida outbound reefer rates are identical to 2018 and 2022 levels, while on the high-volume north to Atlanta, at $1.61/mile, spot rates are almost $0.30/mile high than the March average. The volume of reefer loads moving on this lane increased by 7% in the prior month.Tune into DAT iQ Live, live on YouTube or LinkedIn, 10am ET every Tuesday. Imported blueberries account for around 70% of annual production, with Peru being the largest producing country, followed by Chile, Mexico, and Argentina. ... National reefer linehaul rates made the most gains during Roadcheck Week, increasing by $0.08/mile …All rates exclude fuel unless otherwise noted. Reefer load posts in the top 10 reefer markets dropped last week recording a 5% w/w decrease. However, capacity tightened with a $0.02/mile increase to an average of $2.58/mile. Atlanta's load post volumes dropped 9% w/w and outbound capacity tightened with a $0.01/mile increase to $2.71/mileNational Reefer Rates; Hot Market Maps and Hot State Maps (above) in DAT RateView depict geographic trends in the load-to-truck ratio. ... Load-to-truck ratios represent the number of loads posted for every truck posted on DAT Load Board. The load-to-truck ratio is a sensitive, real-time indicator of the balance between spot market demand and ...Reefer equipment posts were flat last week and around 4% higher than the previous year resulting in the reefer load-to-truck (LTR) remaining flat at 3.15. Spot Rates. At $2.02/mile, the national average reefer linehaul rate is almost identical to levels reported in 2020, just two weeks before demand crashed resulting from the pandemic outbreak.State-level Florida outbound reefer rates, at $2.00/mile, were almost identical to last year. On the southern border in McAllen, reefer volumes were up 24% last week, pushing up outbound spot rates by $0.07/mile to $2.20/mile. At $2.10/mile, Texas reefer rates are just $0.08/mile lower than in 2018. Loads from McAllen to Oklahoma City retreated ...Sep 29, 2022 · DAT’s Truckload Volume Index (TVI) for van freight was 258 last month, an 11.7% increase compared to July. This is the highest-ever van TVI for August and a 12% increase year over year. The reefer TVI increased 8.2% to 184, while the flatbed TVI jumped 12.5% to 251. “While spot rates declined and overall load-posting activity was down ...Getting a ride from the airport can be stressful, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the area. Uber has made it easier to get around by providing reliable and affordable rides. B...Chicago reefer rates rose the most last week, bouncing back with higher volumes. The biggest increase was on the lane from Chicago to Denver, up 30¢ to $3.02/mile. Chicago to Kansas City also climbed 23¢ to $3.02/mile. Mexican imports boosted reefer rates 12¢ on the lane from Nogales, AZ, to Los Angeles to $1.84/mile.DAT: Spot van rate hits $3 milestone in December, up 54 cents year over year; DAT: Truckload rates jump in November; reefer rates up 5.2%; Truckload Volume Index; DAT partners with OTR Capital to expand factoring services to freight brokers and carriers on the industry's largest load boardThe DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI) increased for all three equipment types for the first time since July 2022, but national average spot van and refrigerated ("reefer") rates plunged to two-and-half-year lows in March, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the industry's largest online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.National Average Freight Rates. Van: $1.86/mile, down 2¢ Reefer: $2.19/mile, down 2¢ Flatbed: $2.34/mile, same as last week; VAN TRENDS. The national average van rate held steady at $1.88/mile last week. Rates seem to be treading water for now. On the top 100 van lanes, only 26 moved higher, while 59 were lower and 15 were neutral. Rising RatesIn the fast-paced world of trucking, staying ahead of the competition and maximizing efficiency are key to a successful business. One tool that has revolutionized the industry is t...Apr 19, 2022 · The average contract reefer rate was $3.45 a mile, up 20 cents, while the flatbed rate gained 24 cents to $3.69 a mile. ... Rates are derived from RateView, DAT’s database of $116 billion in ...Spot rates are also $1.70/mile higher than contract rates, which is highly unusual and partly reflective of declining rates in the opposite direction. Further west, reefer rates on the 270-mile run from Los Angeles to Las Vegas held steady at $6.12/mile last week but jumped $0.25/mile to $5.23/mile in the opposite direction.Reefer load-to-truck ratio - 9.8, down from 11.75. Flatbed load-to-truck ratio - 28.5, down from 34.4. National average rates. Fewer loads and more trucks usually means a drop in national average spot rates, but van and reefer pricing actually improved last week compared to the previous week. Van: $2.45 per mile, up 1%.That methodology predicts rates with an accuracy in the range of plus-or-minus 17 cents per mile. If the actual rate per mile lands between $1.50 and $2, excluding fuel, then a 34-cent range does not provide useful guidance, regardless of the timeframe. The DAT iQ team set out to create a forecasting model that would produce more actionable ...All rates below include fuel surcharges and are based on real transactions between brokers and carriers.. RISING. The biggest rate increases for the month have been along the Mexican border in McAllen, TX, and Nogales, AZ.. Reefer rates on the McAllen to Chicago lane surged 77¢ to $2.73/mile; McAllen to Atlanta soared 58¢ to an average of $3.43/mile; Out of Nogales, reefer rates on the lane .... After dropping for the previous three weeks, reeRising Lanes The biggest increases were scattered acro Last week saw more shipments of refrigerated freight compared to the week before, but that wasn't enough to boost reefer rates. In the top 72 reefer lanes, prices dropped for 51 of them. Freight markets recovered in Southern Texas, following the severe flooding caused by Tropical Storm Imelda, with reefer volumes bounced back nearly 25% from ...The spot reefer rate dipped 3 cents to $2.44 per mile and 60 cents lower year-over-year. ... DAT’s benchmark reefer line-haul rate was $1.96 per mile, down 5 cents compared to June. The van line ... The line-haul van rate (no fuel surcharge), which entered the m And the average reefer rate for November is up 2¢ compared to the October average. The current national average is $2.13/mi. for reefer trailers. Looking for reefer loads? DAT load boards are the largest and most … Jan 18, 2024 · Changes to DAT’s broker-to-carrier...
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