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Trucking Carriers head west for a modern-day gold rush — of freight

Posted on September 20, 2021 by | 2 comments

Apparently trucking carriers are rushing to carry loads from the West Coast to inland America. It’s because the rates are much higher for Eastbound freight.

And carriers looking to carry loads back to the West Coast are having trouble finding them. The rates there have not risen much.

Look at the excellent chart in the article, showing the recent changes in rates to and from the West Coast from Dallas.

Zach Strickland, FW Market Expert & Market Analyst Saturday, September 18, 2021

Carriers head west for a modern-day gold rush — of freight – FreightWaves

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The Myth of a Single Market Truckload Rate: Part 2

Posted on May 9, 2015 by | Leave a comment

This approach to rate analysis is interesting. I know from experience, having seen how hard it is to deduce correct truckload rates for a given simulation.  We spent a lot of time divining these rates for a specific need. A generic econometric approach would be useful.  I hope Chris Caplice has a public access paper on the subject.

The Myth of a Single Market Truckload Rate: Part 2.

The same issue applies to rail rates as well.  And they are even more obscure, since one cannot get info on them easily.

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