BEAVERTON, Ore. — Relative to the busy week before, truck and load posts on the DAT One marketplace fell sharply during Thanksgiving week.
“There were 1.02 million loads on the network, down 46% compared to the previous week but 12% higher than Thanksgiving week last year,” DAT One said in a media release. “The number of trucks fell 30% to 223,837 compared to the previous week. That’s down 25% compared to Thanksgiving week last year.:
National average linehaul van and flatbed rates rose while the reefer rate dipped a penny compared to the previous week.
▼ Van loads: 546,761, down 40.0% week over week
▼ Van equipment: 145,417, down 30.5%
▲ Linehaul rate: $1.71 net fuel, up 4 cents
▼ Load-to-truck ratio: 3.8, down from 4.3
Reefers
▼ Reefer loads: 222,149, down 49.6% week over week
▼ Reefer equipment: 50,069, down 25.7%
▼ Linehaul rate: $2.06 net fuel, down 1 cent
▼ Load-to-truck ratio: 4.4, down from 6.5
Flatbeds
▼ Flatbed loads: 251,469, down 53.0% week over week
▼ Flatbed equipment: 28,351, down 34.9%
▲ Linehaul rate: $1.98 net fuel, up 1 cent
▼ Load-to-truck ratio: 8.9, down from 12.3
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