According to TransCore’s Market Research, availability of exception freight in March continued to improve both on a month to month and year over year basis. March exception freight volumes improved by 40% when compared to February. Looking at volumes a year ago, March ’07 volumes were 32% below March ’08. In connection with the increase in load volume, we’re also beginning to see a slight tightening of capacity within our freight marketplace.

Looking forward to May, the best combinations of high freight volumes and favorable inbound-to-outbound load ratios come from Illinois, Alabama, Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi, and Wisconsin.