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The DAT iQ analytics team takes a weekly look at how the freight markets are responding to the COVID-19 crisis,

How do you stay healthy while you’re out on the road? In this video, you’ll hear tips and tricks from

Last summer, the spot market didn’t have enough trucks to meet the surge in demand, which gave rates a major

This summer, reefer markets have felt the woes of reduced harvests due to harsh weather. That’s kept rates from climbing,

Reefer markets have been waiting for an uplift from late summer fruit and vegetable harvests, but so far, that hasn’t

Van freight trends have been muted for nearly all of 2019 – we haven’t seen many sharp spikes or large

Reefer demand trailed off in California and Texas last week, and the majority of high-traffic reefer lanes paid lower rates

With the threat of new tariffs on Chinese imports, there was uncertainty over how truckload markets will react heading into

California and Texas remain in flux with overall volumes roughly the same the last several weeks. Reefer produce failed to

Truckload demand got a boost at the end of July, but that urgency slowed by the start of August. That

Even as the summer slump continues, July is still on pace to beat May volumes, with a national average van

Last week halted the slide in reefer rates that we’ve been seeing since the Fourth of July. Improvements out of