Load-to-truck ratios decreased across equipment types for the week beginning Dec. 8, compared to the previous seven-day period. DAT reported:

downDry van decreased from 6.5 to 5.7 loads per truck

downReefer dropped from 8.7 to 6.7 loads per truck

downFlatbed declined from 15.8 to 15.3 loads per truck

The dry van ratio was almost double that of last year during the same time, DAT Principal Analyst Dean Croke noted. 

Signs of tightening occurred again, and the flatbed ratio last week was very healthy, Croke said on a weekly market update.

Load-to-truck ratios increased across equipment types for the week beginning Dec. 1, compared to the previous seven-day period. DAT reported:

upDry van increased from 3.8 to 6.5 loads per truck

upReefer increased from 4.4 to 8.7 loads per truck

upFlatbed increased from 8.9 to 15.8 loads per truck

Ratios rose compared to the week of Thanksgiving, as expected. But DAT Principal Analyst Dean Croke also noted on blog posts that dry van, reefer and flatbed ratios were also significantly higher than a year ago.

Load-to-truck ratios decreased across equipment types for the week beginning Nov. 24, compared to the previous seven-day period. DAT reported:

downDry van decreased from 4.3 to 3.8 loads per truck

downReefer decreased from 6.5 to 4.4 loads per truck

downFlatbed decreased from 12.6 to 8.9 loads per truck

"Relative to the busy week before, truck and load posts on the DAT One marketplace fell sharply during Thanksgiving week," the firm said.

Loads on the network fell 46% to 1.02 million compared to the previous week, and the number of trucks fell 30% to 223,837, DAT reported.