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Land Line: Loads on board reach 2019 levels
Sep 18, 2024
The number of loads posted on the DAT One load board hit 2019 levels last week. Robert Rouse, senior product manager for DAT Freight & Analytics, has the details – along with all the other pertinent information from the spot market – to help you make decisions.
AP: DAT Truckload volumes and rates diverged in August
Sep 18, 2024
Truckload freight volumes and rates continued on divergent paths in August, with shipments rising and prices falling for the third straight month, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.
Fleet News Daily: Spot loads on DAT One increased by 7%; truck posts jumped 15%
Sep 18, 2024
The total number of loads posted on DAT One rose 6.9% to 1.62 million last week, while truck posts increased
Bloomberg’s Talking Transports: Trucking Goes From Blah to Meh, DAT’s Adamo: Talking Transports
Sep 17, 2024
The current trucking market appears to have the trappings of a more normal cycle similar to the one in 2013-2017.
Trucking Dive: Truckload PPI rebounds after nearly 2-year trough
Sep 16, 2024
A long-distance truckload Producer Price Index inched its way into positive territory in August, reversing a nearly two-year-long trend and providing another sign that change from a prolonged freight downcycle may be in store.
Transport Topics: COMING SOON: How to Improve Your Cybersecurity During Peak Demand
Sep 16, 2024
With the peak shipping season under way and the holidays fast approaching, trucking and logistics companies will remain busy with higher levels of demand in the coming months. Unfortunately, this period is often accompanied by a rise in crime.
Transport Topics: How to Improve Your Cybersecurity During Peak Demand
Sep 16, 2024
Truck News: Fleets buckle in for extended downturn, focus on internal improvements
Sep 10, 2024
Fleet executives speaking at FTR’s annual Transportation Conference are not anticipating an imminent turnaround in freight conditions, and are instead turning focus inward to ensure they’re ready to return to growth when market conditions do eventually improve.
Journal of Commerce: Import surge pushing Los Angeles outbound spot truck rates higher
Sep 10, 2024
As cargo from Southern California ports moves further inland, demand for trucks and intermodal rail capacity is surging in the region, driving up prices across all modes of surface transportation.
Journal of Commerce: US spot truckload market starts to tighten but is still soft
Sep 05, 2024
The US truckload spot market is heating up as summer ends, with load volumes increasing as the peak pre-holiday shipping season for trucking gets underway. That’s tightening capacity and load-to-truck ratios in certain inland distribution markets, although not universally.