Where’s the Freight? Edmonton, Texarkana, Dodge City, Rapid City and Tallahassee Will Be Highest Demand Markets This Week
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Welcome to this Monday edition of Trucker Tools’ “Where’s the Freight?,” your place for finding out where demand for capacity will be highest and lowest over the next week. With this information, you can target loads that take you into markets where demand, rates and good-paying backhaul opportunities are likely to be high. In this final market report for the month of August, you’ll notice that we have a new number one in our Top Five Hottest Markets list. Also of note in today’s “Where’s the Freight?” is that four of the five markets where demand is projected to increase this week are power only markets. This week, the Yakima, Wash., flatbed market once again is projected to be the lowest demand/rate market in North America, while one region in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is projected to see extremely low demand for dry van capacity.
For all the details on where demand and rates will be high, low, increasing and decreasing over the next five to seven days, scroll down to read this newest edition of Trucker Tools’ “Where’s the Freight?”
Where Demand/Rates Are Projected To Be Highest, Increasing
Demand for flatbed capacity will remain high this week to/from Texarkana, Texas, and Rapid City, S.D. Flatbed demand likely will increase this week to/from Fayetteville, Ark.
Edmonton, Alberta, and Dodge City, Kan., are projected to be the highest demand/highest rate reefer markets in North America over the next five to seven days.
Demand for power only capacity will be high in the coming week inbound to and outbound from Tallahassee, Fla. You also can expect demand for power only capacity to rise this week to/from Baltimore, Stockton, Calif., Richmond, Va., and Detroit.
Where Demand/Rates Are Projected To Be Lowest, Decreasing
Yakima, Wash., once again is projected to be the least profitable/lowest rate flatbed market in North America in the coming week. Demand for flatbed will decline this week inbound to and outbound from Montgomery, Ala.
If you run reefer, you may want to avoid loads to/from Hartford, Conn., and Shreveport, La., this week, as demand for reefer capacity will be extremely low. You can expect reefer demand to/from Decatur, Ala., to decrease this week.
Demand for power only to/from Fort Worth, Texas, will be very low this week. You also can expect demand for power only capacity to/from Jacksonville, Fla., to decline in the coming week.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, will be the lowest demand dry van market over the next five to seven days. Demand for dry van capacity is expected to fall this week inbound to and outbound from Rapid City, S.D.
Trucker Tools’ Market Insights
According to the very latest Trucker Tools data, the fivehighest demand/rate markets this week will be: 1. Edmonton, Alberta (reefer), 2. Texarkana, Texas (flatbed), 3. Dodge City, Kan. (reefer), 4. Rapid City, S.D. (flatbed), 5. Tallahassee, Fla. (power only).
This week, the five lowest demand/rate markets will be: 1. Yakima, Wash. (flatbed), 2. Hartford, Conn. (reefer), 3. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (dry van), 4. Shreveport, La. (reefer), and 5. Fort Worth, Texas (power only).
According to FreightWaves’ Daily Market Update, national outbound tender rejections and volumes are down slightly today.
Edmonton, Alberta, where demand for reefer capacity will be high this week, is located on the Canadian Prairies, one of the most productive agricultural areas on the planet.
Demand for power only capacity to/from Tallahassee, Fla., this week is projected to be five times higher than it was at the same time in 2020.
The FMCSA issued an HOS waiveryesterdayfor truckers supporting Hurricane Ida relief efforts. The waiver is for Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
Demand for power only capacity to/from Baltimore this week will favor owner operators and carriers by two to one, meaning for each driver/carrier in the area, there likely will be two loads available.
