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Fuel Prices

Percent Change: -0.2%

Fuel Toll: $5.61 /gallon

Reefer spot rates continue to plunge

National Spot Rates: Van, Flatbed, Reefer

At a time when reefer rates unremarkably estrus up, they're cooling downward following another weekly drop

May 9 – 15 – Reefer spot line haul rates have dropped by $0.ninety/mile since the start of the twelvemonth. Compared to the same week the previous year, reefer rates are $0.10/mile lower. Dry van rates are post-obit a similar trajectory, dropping another $0.05/mile terminal calendar week.

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Trendlines shows a weekly snapshot of the month-to-date for national boilerplate rates from DAT RateView. National average spot market place rates for the past four months, including fuel surcharges, are shown in the 3 graphs, to a higher place.

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Trendlines last updated: v/20/2022 12:00:00 AM

Adjacent update: v/23/2022 12:00:00 AM

Well-nigh Trendlines

DAT Trendlines is a costless weekly spot market place freight report, providing an overview of national freight market trends. The boilerplate trucking rates are based on DAT iQ's $110 billion database of actual freight payments. The report includes a weekly snapshot of the rolling month-to-date national average trucking rates for van, reefer and flatbed. National average rates in Trendlines are for lanes of 250 miles or more. Trendlines also includes national supply and demand metrics based on load and truck posts on the DAT One load board network by freight brokers, shippers and carriers. You can also explore historical monthly trucking industry trends and compare spot trucking freight rates to the contract rates that shippers pay directly to carriers by visiting the links below: Van Demand & Capacity  Van Spot Market Rates  Flatbed Demand & Capacity  Flatbed Spot Market place Rates  Reefer Demand & Chapters  Reefer Spot Market Rates The national trends reported in DAT Trendlines are not necessarily reflective of trends that freight brokers, shippers and carriers may be seeing in individual trucking lanes or regions. To fully understand market and truckload pricing dynamics in your lanes, DAT provides a full suite of freight rate and market data bachelor from DAT iQ or tools in DAT One load boards. To admission the full history of DAT Trendlines reports, contact DAT's Analytics Services squad.