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I was recently interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about the market conditions for trucking in Q1. There’s more cargo

I’ve been an owner-operator for over eight years, and I’ve learned a few tricks that help me to make more money

New food safety regulations that define brokers as shippers began earlier this month, and the FMCSA put on hold a

TransFX recently announced a strategic partnership with DAT for the development of trucking futures contracts. Citing exhaustive research it did

Want to get a heads up whenever a load you want gets posted to DAT load boards? Don’t have time

The Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) has been postponed. Brokers are disappointed that they still won’t have a clear guideline to

Winter Storm Stella has arrived. As I write this, there are 84 weather restrictions in effect in the Northeast. All

Spot market freight veterans know that by mid-January we start to see freight volumes and rates trending down as the

The freight recession is over. That 18-month malaise was triggered by the worldwide collapse of oil prices at the end

I confess: I love lists. So here’s one for all of you DAT blog readers out there. Thanks to your

We look at national trends every week, but sometimes the detail can get lost. Then we look at lane-by-lane reports,

Trends sometimes get lost in the national picture so I decided to take a look from another vantage point. DAT