News Releases - DAT
In the News
Fleet Owner: February freight market mixes slow demand with unusual variables
Feb 23, 2024
Truck posts, load posts, and rates are down year-over-year as the freight market continues to adjust to slow demand and excess capacity.
Land Line Now: Podcast: Study – Don’t expect electric trucks anytime soon
Feb 21, 2024
John Hausladen says a new, comprehensive report about the electrification movement highlights significant issues that must be ironed out.
Food Logistics: Mitigating Supply Chains: More Than Just Table-Stakes
Feb 21, 2024
Not being able to see ahead and predict and plan accordingly is what sometimes plagues many of today’s supply chain companies. Here’s why mitigating supply chain threats is of utmost importance heading into 2024.
Talk Business & Politics: U.S. truck freight market sees quarterly decline in shipments and spending
Feb 21, 2024
The U.S. truck freight market declined in the last three months of 2023 as shipments and spending fell from the third quarter of last year and the fourth quarter of 2022, according to a new report. The market remained soft in January.
JOC: ‘Disciplined’ truckload carriers attempt to hold the line in annual pricing talks
Feb 20, 2024
US truckload carriers are attempting to draw a line in annual contract pricing talks with shippers, but some of those shippers are willing to cross that line — or at least smudge it — to gain lower rates.
Trucking Dive: Declines persist in dry van contract replacement rates
Feb 20, 2024
Overcapacity is still lingering as carriers seek to maintain market share, according to DAT.
Forbes: Cold-Chain Spotlight: Three Trends To Watch In 2024
Feb 20, 2024
The cold chain is one of the fastest-growing sectors in supply chain logistics. Since 2019, frozen food sales have increased by 34%.
Logistics Management: Harsh weather drives January spot freight volumes to a monthly record high, notes DAT Truckload Volume Index
Feb 16, 2024
The new edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI), which was recently issued by DAT Freight & Analytics, noted that spot freight volumes rose to all-time highs, for the month of January, driven by what it described as a weather-related bump in demand for truckload capacity.
Trucking Dive: Why carriers, shippers use drop and hook in good times and bad
Feb 16, 2024
Fleets and brokers see their drop-and-hook programs as a competitive advantage that gives shippers what they want.
The Packer: January cold snap leads to spot-market surge, DAT says
Feb 15, 2024
A weather-related bump in demand for truckload capacity pushed spot freight volumes to all-time highs for January, according to a report from DAT Freight & Analytics.