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The Trucker: Freight trends from DAT One and DAT iQ show declining load posts; spot rate drops
Aug 02, 2024
According to DAT Freight & Analytics, load posts declined 3% while spot rates slumped.
Overdrive: DAT does broker transparency? Seeing what the shipper paid
Aug 01, 2024
While the debate over broker transparency rages and FMCSA plans action on that front (possible as soon as three months from now), DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo might have just handed over the goods -- partially, anyway.
Fleet Owner: Impressive load-to-truck ratio for dry van last week
Aug 01, 2024
Week over week, loads and rates were down for all three equipment types. On a year-over-year basis, however, last week's market report brought good news for the dry van and flatbed segments.
Go By Truck News : Despite Positive Signs, Rates Stayed Stagnant in June
Jul 31, 2024
Overcapacity continues to suppress the freight market, holding down rates — but are we nearing the long-awaited uptick in the cycle? Most of the analysts think so, but there’s little agreement on how soon it will happen. Despite the evidence that there are still too many trucks available to haul the freight being offered, new trucks are selling.
Fleet Owner: Here’s how for-hire trucking performed in June
Jul 31, 2024
Average spot rates' year-over-year declines are finally easing, freight volumes are making steady improvements, and unemployment is on the rise.
Fleet News Daily: DAT spot rates and load-to-truck ratios
Jul 31, 2024
Summer seasonality continues to take hold in the spot truckload freight market. The number of loads posted on DAT One fell for the second straight week, dropping by 3% to 1.83 million last week. That’s down 7% year over year. Truck posts decreased 6% to 324,253.
The Trucker: Despite positive signs, freight rates remained stagnant in June
Jul 30, 2024
Supply Chain Brain: End of Trucking Recession Finally in Sight as Freight Rates Rise
Jul 29, 2024
Trucking executives in the U.S. are fanning optimism that the end of their recession may be close as freight rates look set to grow for the first time in nearly two years.
Fleet Owner: Latest freight index: The start of recovery?
Jul 29, 2024
The latest Freight Transportation Services Index confirms that May is the first month in 2024 to see year-over-year growth in terms of the value and volume of freight moved. This may be the start of many happier months for 2024.
Bloomberg: End of Trucking Recession Finally in Sight as Freight Rates Rise
Jul 26, 2024
Trucking executives in the US are fanning optimism that the end of their recession may be close as freight rates look set to grow for the first time in nearly two years.