Observed movement

What freight actually does.

An archive of movement patterns observed across logistics, infrastructure, energy and living systems. The end client is often unknown — the movement isn't.

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Load patterns

What keeps showing up on the live load market. Tap a card to see how the lane actually pays.

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  • Lanes

    Lane economics

    Manchester → London, small van, dedicated

    220 mi · peak · same-day dedicated

    Lane M61 / M6 / M1 corridor

    Distance
    ≈ 220 miles one-way
    Vehicle
    Small van (SWB)
    Window
    Peak — same-day dedicated
    Driver pay
    ≈ £1.00 / mile
    Customer charged
    ≈ £250 – £275 inc. congestion
    Adds on top
    ULEZ + congestion charge, tolls, return leg

    Transparent floor for a dedicated peak run. Some operators bid below this to win the job — that's the market, not a failing. Knowing the floor protects everyone making a living from it.

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  • Lanes

    Dedicated long-haul

    Manchester → Dublin, pallet, next-day dedicated

    ≈ 300 mi + ferry · next-day · usually a larger haulier

    Lane Holyhead crossing

    Distance
    ≈ 300 road miles + sea crossing
    Vehicle
    Box van / 7.5t — pallet dedicated
    Window
    Next-day, sometimes timed AM
    Cost drivers
    Ferry slot, customs paperwork, driver hours
    Typical home
    Larger hauliers with scheduled crossings

    Posted as a quick courier job, priced like a haulage job. Small operators rarely have the ferry economics to absorb it — that's why it lands with the big yards.

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  • Market

    Urgency signal

    Posted ASAP, customer fine with tomorrow

    Premium gets paid on the label, not the need

    A noticeable share of ASAP-flagged loads have soft real deadlines. The urgency premium clears anyway. Worth seeing — not worth shaming. It's how live boards work.

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  • Lanes

    Short-run economics

    A timed 50-mile job can out-earn a planned 230

    Distance ≠ revenue once timing is in play

    Per-mile assumptions break when a window is tight. Short awkward jobs at peak often beat longer comfortable ones on a £/mile basis.

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  • Hubs

    Node gravity

    WA5 keeps absorbing long-haul parcel injection

    Same regional hubs reappear at the start of long runs

    Network is quietly concentrating around a small set of nodes. Useful if you're planning return work or basing a vehicle.

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  • Timing

    Weekend skew

    Manchester Airport weekend long-haul outpaces weekdays

    Steady backbone of weekend long-distance freight

    Most operators price the weekend down. The data suggests the opposite — there's a quiet floor of long-distance work originating airside.

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Indicative figures from observed market behaviour — shown to make the floor visible, not to undercut operators. Specific rates, lanes and timing released to operator and licensee partners under NDA.

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