Per-mile rates in all three major truckload segments tumbled from early 2015 through late 2016. Truckstop.com-reported averages in recent months reveal rates have stabilized.
Van’s per-mile average in December, based on verified rates paid to carriers from brokers and shippers, was $1.97 — a 6-cent jump from November and the biggest month-to-month gain the segment has seen in nearly two years. Other than June 2016’s $1.97 a mile average, van rates in December hit their highest mark since since October 2015’s $1.99 average. Van rates in December were up a penny from the same month in 2015:
Flatbed rates in December gained a penny from November. The segment’s December per-mile average was $2.02, down 11 cents from December 2015:
Reefer rates saw no month-to-month change in December. The segment’s $2.02 a mile average was 10 cents lower than December 2015:
