This chart illustrates the peaks and valleys in the spot market dry van load-to-truck ratio's 7-day average over the course of 2021, according to DAT Freight & Analytics, operator of the DAT network of load boards. DAT noted of the latest increase that van load post volumes grew 10% while the number of available trucks fell 5%, signaling likely rate gains to come with the van load-to-truck ratio rising almost a full point from 6.2 to 7.1 loads per truck. Compare the peaks and valleys here to the following chart, showing 7-day average van rates (minus fuel) over the same time period. (Weeks are labeled here along the horizontal axis by the first day of each seven-day period.)