CRITICAL DATA FOR BETTER DECISIONS A week over week Quick View of the transportation industry Vol. 2, No. 7 February 23, 2009 Dear Subscribers, Market Demand Index (MDI) declined 12% last week to 1.65 from 1.87 the previous week. Both load and truck availability dipped with load avalialbility declining 31% and truck availability declining 13%, thus pulling relative demand for trucks down. Last week truck and load searching increased 8% and 13% respectively compared to the previous week. Equipment rates decreased 2% to $1.41 last week compared to $1.45 the previous week. Sponsored By: Last week fuel prices decreased to $2.19 from $2.22 per gallon the previous week. Inbound rates dropped 1% while outbound rates declined 2% from last week. Load turnaround times deteriorated but truck turnaround times improved | 
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