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• Spot freight increases by 216% in May, compared to 2009

  Load availability has been increasing steadily on the spot market, driving the average load-to-truck ratio over 7-to-1. Flatbed freight surged for the first four months of the year, increasing by more than 1,000 percent compared to 2009, before declining Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:10 PM by Editor | 2 Comments Filed under: TransCore, freight facts, seasonal freight trends, spot market, Freight Index, load-to-truck ratio

• Spot Freight Volume Emerges from Recessionary Lows

  On a year-over-year basis, October spot freight volumes were up by 10%. This is the first positive year-over-year comparison for 2009, due to the improving trend in the second half of this year, contrasted with the extreme weakness of Q4 2008. While the Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:48 PM by Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: freight facts, seasonal freight trends, spot market, TransCore Trendlines

• Spot market freight improving faster than contract; van rates are under pressure

  Freight postings on the DAT® Network have been increasing steadily for all equipment types since April, despite a decline in overall freight tonnage reported by the American Trucking Associations (ATA.) That means that load availability is improving faster Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 12:46 PM by Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: lane rates, seasonal freight trends, spot market, DAT Network

• DAT Gets 49% More Loads, 79% More Trucks in September

  In September 2008, 49% more loads and 79% more trucks were posted on the DAT® Network freight marketplace than in September 2007. This increase in activity confirms that the DAT Network is a great place to find freight loads. It may also indicate a structural Read More... Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 5:02 PM by peggyd | 0 Comments Filed under: freight match, finding loads, 3sixty Freight Match, economy, find loads, freight facts, seasonal freight trends