Matt Sullivan, Author at DAT Freight & Analytics - Blog

The freight market has been volatile since the start of the pandemic. Now, with the conflict in Ukraine, inflation, increased

Transportation providers make pricing decisions every day to attempt to win loads that will be moving in the coming days,

Classification systems make it possible to group and organize data, like freight rates, to compare with other data. In the

The national average for diesel peaked at $5.25 per gallon in March 2022, nearly doubling since the start of 2021.

After the pandemic flipped the world upside down, the truckload marketplace cratered. Then, just as quickly, it rebounded, with pent-up

The ongoing pandemic, rising fuel costs, inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are wreaking havoc on the economy, roiling freight

These days, everyone’s feeling the pinch at the pump. For trucking companies, it’s especially painful, since fuel is the largest

Shippers have been evaluating private, dedicated and for-hire fleet strategies more frequently during the last two years of freight market

Of all the variables in transportation, which ones do shippers evaluate most often? The answer is the mode, but not

Soon sweethearts of all ages will exchange cards, flowers, candy, and gifts in the name of St. Valentine. According to

As winter sets in, shippers have been increasingly adding freeze protection or protect-from-freeze (PFF) to bills of lading to traditional

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