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Freight Trends January 2016

Freight Trends January 3-9 2016

Ratios Fall, But Rates Rise

Everyone got back to work in the first week of 2016, and spot market activity increased sharply. Truck posts outpaced load posts, and load-to-truck ratios declined. National average rates rose for vans and reefers, however, flatbed rates held steady, despite a 2 cent decline in the average fuel surcharge.

Freight Trends January 2016
	1/3 – 1/9 vs. 12/27-1/2	Dec 2015 vs. Nov 2015	Dec 2015 vs. Dec 2014
Spot Market Loads	+28%	+15%	-36%
Spot Market Capacity	+59%	-0.8%	+24%
Van Load-To Truck	-19%	+18%	-43%
Van Rates (Spot)	+1.2%	+0.0%	-18%
Flatbed Load-To-Truck	-7.6%	+13%	-52%
Flatbed Rates (Spot)	+0.0%	+0.0%	-16%
Reefer Load-To-Truck	-30%	+16%	-53%
Reefer Rates (Spot)	+0.5%	+0.5%	-17%
Fuel Prices	-1.1%	-6.4%	-32%

Data source dat.com

View December’s freight trends here.

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