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FT: Coronavirus hits US rail volumes
Mar 05, 2020
DAT provides insight into how the coronavirus is currently affecting the trucking industry/economy and what effect it might have in the coming months.
Overdrive: ‘You just lose’ when middlemen don’t pay
Feb 28, 2020
FMCSA’s relatively new Unified Registration System for new authorities of all types has made it tougher, too, for problem actors to reincarnate and hide their past actions, says DAT Compliance Manager Tami Hart.
Heavy Duty Trucking: Kingsgate Logistics Joins Pilot Predictive Rates Program
Feb 27, 2020
Kingsgate Logistics has joined a pilot program that provides early access to a suite of predictive rates and analytics tools from DAT Solutions.
TT: More Fleets Move Toward Freight Matching
Feb 26, 2020
Knight-Swift Logistics’ pilot for DAT Book Now promises to eliminate manual processes like lengthy load searches, phone calls and negotiations.
FreightWaves: Knight-Swift to participate in pilot of DAT’s Book Now freight tendering solution
Feb 19, 2020
The automated freight tendering segment continues to heat up with more competitive products hitting the market. The latest is DAT Solutions, which announced a pilot program with Knight-Swift Logistics, the logistics brokerage arm of Knight-Swift Tran
JOC: Coyote Curve urges caution for shippers over rising spot truck rates
Feb 19, 2020
In January 2020, DAT reported a 6 percent decline and JOC’s rate was down 3.2 percent. Contract rates fell more than 10 percent in January, however, according to DAT.
Cargo Business News: Trucking Trends – Why Freight Brokers Need to Know Their ABCs
Feb 19, 2020
As legislative deadlines go, Jan. 1 loomed large in California where Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which makes it harder for gig-economy companies like Uber and Postmates to qualify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, was set to
TBP: Truck orders to remain low in 2020, tonnage up slightly in January
Feb 18, 2020
So far this year, spot rates have not been high enough to encourage a greater amount of new orders. Dry-van spot rates fell 4.4% in January, from the same month in 2019, according to DAT Solutions.
CCJ: Indicators: ‘Dramatic highs, lows’ for freight activity and rates in January, says DAT
Feb 18, 2020
Spot market truckload rates got off to a strong start in January, says DAT in its monthly Truckload Volume Index report.
TT: January Tonnage Up 0.8% Compared to 2019
Feb 18, 2020
DAT Truckload Volume Index said Feb. 13 that January started on a strong note but fell toward the middle and end of the month.