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Dry Van Report: Cass shipments turn positive, ending the longest freight downturn on record

DAT Freight & Analytics - Trendlines Blog Authoritative source Published 21st September 2026 United States

What the source reported

Source-reported

<p>Dry van spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.17 per mile last week, minus fuel, down 1.2%, or $0.03 per mile, from the week before.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.dat.com/blog/dry-van-report-cass-shipments-turn-positive-ending-the-longest-freight-downturn-on-record">Dry Van Report: Cass shipments turn positive, ending the longest freight downturn on record</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.dat.com/blog">DAT Freight &amp; Analytics - Blog</a>.</p>

Publication
DAT Freight & Analytics - Trendlines Blog · Government/Regulator
Published
21st September 2026
Original report
dat.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
United States
Organisations
None identified
Collected
28th September 2026 · 15:02

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Low (14.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (59.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth
Possibly the same underlying story as Cass: TL rates jump 11% in August, freight shipments turn positive — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.