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2017 in Review: Disruptions Drive Rates Up

Ryan Foran

Here's evidence of the ongoing trend, in two years of load-to-truck ratios, spot market rates, and contract rates for van freight: Load-to-truck ratios and rates declined steadily throughout 2015 and into the middle of 2016. This period of elevated rates is only the beginning of a "new normal" era in freight transportation.