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Wall Street Journal: Trucking Companies Boost Prices Amid Capacity Squeeze
Oct 25, 2018
Trucking companies are flexing their pricing power, pushing retailers and manufacturers to pay more to buy into a strong U.S. economy and adding to inflation pressures in supply chains.
Wall Street Journal: Truck Orders Pull Back From Record Highs
Oct 03, 2018
Shipments on trucking spot markets declined 12% from August to September, according to DAT Solutions Inc., which matches available trucks and loads.
Transport Topics: Tonnage Slips 1.8% in August
Sep 20, 2018
Load board operator DAT Solutions reported its Sept. 15 total spot rate is $2.15 per mile for average van rates nationally, down from June’s all-time high of $2.31 a mile. At the end of September 2017, the rate was $1.97 a mile.
Journal of Commerce: Contract US truck rate growth to slow, but still climb, in 2019
Sep 18, 2018
"There is enough pressure from the economy to continue to push rates higher but at a more moderate pace going forward," said DAT industry analyst Mark Montague.
NPR: Hurricane Florence: Travel Begins To Snarl As Storm Closes In
Sep 13, 2018
Trucks are rushing into the region to restock store shelves, but Peggy Dorf, a freight and logistics market analyst for DAT Solutions, says they won't be for much longer. "As soon as a storm is about to hit, all traffic stops in and out of the area u
Journal of Commerce: US shippers guarantee volume to secure truck capacity
Aug 18, 2018
"Anecdotally we've heard from at least two sources that pricing is in such flux that it doesn't make sense to sit down and negotiate a one-year agreement, so they're going to shorter agreements right now," said Mark Montague, industry pricing analyst
New York Times: The Trouble With Trucking
Aug 11, 2018
Desiree Wood, who is a one-woman trucking company, uses an app that shows drivers where the pay is best in the United States.
DC Velocity: Broker survey shows record load volumes in second quarter as net operating profits jump
Aug 10, 2018
U.S. freight brokers experienced a solid second quarter as load volumes surged to record highs and net operating profit jumped, according to a survey published today of 100 decent-sized brokers by spot market load board operator DAT Solutions, LLC.
Wall Street Journal: Trucking’s Tight Capacity Squeezes U.S. Businesses
Aug 09, 2018
More companies are pointing to rising freight costs as a drag on earnings and growth, as trucking companies raise rates at a historic pace and one says finding trucks is getting ‘ugly’.
Business Insider: Truck drivers’ salaries are experiencing an ‘unprecedented’ jump, but it’s not enough to end the driver shortage that’s making everything more expensive
Jul 29, 2018
Other industries, particularly construction and energy, are attracting the sort of blue-collar workers who would normally go into truck driving, according to Mark Montague, senior industry pricing analyst at DAT Solutions. Those jobs have better pay