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DC Velocity: Trucking freight rates plunged to two-and-half-year lows in March, DAT says
Apr 25, 2023
Despite rising demand from swelling truck freight volume, national average spot van and refrigerated truck rates plunged to two-and-half-year lows in March, according to a report from DAT Freight & Analytics.
The Loadstar: DAT truckload index says spot rates slipped further in March
Apr 25, 2023
The DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI) increased for all three equipment types for the first time since July 2022, but national average spot van and refrigerated (“reefer”) rates plunged to two-and-half-year lows in March, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the industry’s largest online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.
Supply Chain Quarterly: Trucking freight rates plunged to two-and-half-year lows in March, DAT says
Apr 25, 2023
The Packer: DAT: Spot truck rates continue to slip
Apr 25, 2023
Beaverton, Ore.-based trucking intelligence firm DAT Freight & Analytics reports that refrigerated spot truckload rates dropped to a two-and-half-year low in March.
News Nation: Is the US in a freight recession?
Apr 25, 2023
Last year, record-high diesel prices squeezed margins at logistics companies across the country but as those rates have fallen a new challenge has emerged: low demand.
Inbound Logistics: 2023 Top 100 Logistics IT Providers
Apr 21, 2023
Inbound Logistics editors selected the Top 100 Logistics IT Providers—the companies offering the innovations their customers need to streamline supply chain operations.
Land Line: DAT: Freight headed back to normal
Apr 19, 2023
The freight market is expected to get back into a more normal rhythm. We’ll have the latest details from Robert Rouse of DAT in today’s Market Update
Transport Dive: Flatbed segment pivots as new home construction cools
Apr 17, 2023
When mortgage rates began rising, flatbed carriers recognized it wouldn’t take long for demand in shipments of building materials for new home construction to weaken.
JOC: Shipper-paid spot US truckload rates still dropping
Apr 13, 2023
The rates shippers pay for spot dry-van truckload capacity continued to drop in March, falling $0.05 per mile from February to $2.36 per mile on average, according to an analysis of data provided by Cargo Chief, DAT Freight & Analytics, Loadsmart, and shippers and brokers surveyed by the Journal of Commerce.
JOC: Truckers entering US freight market keeping capacity abundant: DAT
Apr 11, 2023
Tens of thousands of small trucking companies have left the US freight market over the past year, but that has largely been offset by companies that have entered the market, and that is keeping pressure on pricing, according to Dean Croke, principal analyst at DAT Freight & Analytics.