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Fleet Owner: Small fleets, owner-operators struggle living off current spot market
Feb 24, 2023
A freshly updated freight rate survey lends even more credence to the pain that small fleets and owner-operators have felt for the past year trying to do business by relying on the volatile spot market and with prices for diesel fuel at all-time highs.
Land Line: (Im)patiently waiting for spring shipping season
Feb 22, 2023
Load posts are down right now, but expect things to change once spring shipping season takes off. Details on that and the spot market as a whole with data and analysis courtesy of DAT.
Fleet Owner: Transparent, ‘truck-friendly’ shippers gain edge in volatile freight markets
Feb 21, 2023
Successful businesses can turn the smallest edge into the biggest advantage. In a volatile freight market, such as the industry faces to start 2023, shippers and brokers who communicate better and are more accommodating to the carriers hauling their freight can find that edge.
AJOT: DAT Truckload Volume Index: Volume set January record
Feb 21, 2023
The DAT Truckload Volume Index hit new highs for January, indicating solid seasonal demand for truckload services, said DAT Freight & Analytics, operators of the industry’s largest online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.
The Logistics Tribe: The Business of Freight Market Analytics with Ken Adamo (Chief of Analytics at DAT)
Feb 17, 2023
DAT operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Ken is responsible for DAT iQ, DATs data science team and its pricing database for shippers, 3PLs, trucking operators and freight brokers.
Land Line: Fighting the good fight against bad regs
Feb 15, 2023
Without OOIDA’s work over the past 50 years, there’s no telling how many bad ideas would have made their way into the regulations.
JOC: US flatbed trucking activity sees early regional revival: DAT
Feb 15, 2023
Spot flatbed load posts in Houston, the leading US flatbed market, are rising by double-digit percentages in mid-February from previous weeks, pushing up outbound spot flatbed rates.
Supply Chain Dive: Falling truck rates give supply chains chance to cut costs
Feb 14, 2023
Lower demand in the spot market means “there’s no better time for a shipper to find efficiencies,” a C.H. Robinson executive said.
Transport Dive: Spot rates expected to rebound later this year
Feb 14, 2023
A sluggish economy means pricing is likely to remain flat through the first half of 2023.
Progressive Forage: Forage Market Insights: 2023 cropping season coming into view
Feb 13, 2023
With spring and the 2023 cropping season approaching, planting decisions are starting to take shape. More producers are starting the year in stronger financial positions, with less carryover of unpaid operating debt.