Peggy Dorf, Author at DAT Freight & Analytics - Blog

I’m doing my holiday shopping early this year. That may seem overly cautious, considering that everybody and his brother is

Demand for vans continues to heat up on the West Coast, boosting load-to-truck ratios in California, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah.

West Coast van freight heated up last week, especially in the Los Angeles market. Blame the weather. Even from a

Hurricane Michael has made landfall with the Florida panhandle as a very scary Category 4. That is the second-highest category,

It could be a little tougher than usual to find reefer equipment this week. The run-up to Labor Day weekend

July has historically been a quiet month for trucking freight. Not so, this year. The national average van rate was

The national average van rate edged down to $2.30 per mile during the past week, which is only a penny

I woke up this morning to a news alert on my phone: U.S. GDP grew at 4.1% in the second

Spot rates are trending down for reefer freight, due to hot weather in Southern California. Temperatures in the “fry eggs

Van rates hit $2.32 per mile at the end of June, a new record, only to skyrocket to the stratosphere

Van rates edged up another penny last week, to $2.31 per mile for the month to-date. Yet the national average

The national average rate for reefers added 1¢ last week, approaching a record high at $2.70/mile. But prices fell on