The spot freight market was mixed last week as load availability decreased 3.9% and capacity crept upward by 6.6%, according to the latest numbers from DAT. Flatbed activity picked up, reefer ...

A measure of van, refrigerated ("reefer"), and flatbed loads moved in a month, the DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI) made solid gains compared to September: National average spot truckload rates ...

The availability contributed to lower national average spot market rates for van, refrigerated and flatbed loads The total number of loads posted on DAT load boards rose 2.5% during the week ...

From a volume standpoint, though rates continue softening, May TVI was 10% higher compared to last May for van freight, 11% higher for reefer and a whopping 29.7% higher for flatbed loads.

Flatbed load availability declined 24 percent last week on the spot market as DAT load board activity paused to a certain extent for Thanksgiving. The load-to-truck ratio rose 11 percent ...

The DAT Truckload Volume Index, a measure of dry van, refrigerated and flatbed loads moved by truckload carriers, rose 2.1% from June and was 3.7% higher than July 2019. Van, reefer and flatbed ...

Total load volume was up slightly as a small decline in flatbed load postings offset much of the small gains recorded by dry van and refrigerated, according to the agencies. Spot volume trends are ...

Flatbed trends: Flatbed load posts on DAT load boards fell 2% while truck posts increased 13%. The national flatbed load-to-truck ratio fell from 25.1 to 21.7 loads per truck. Reefer trends ...