Category: Trucking Industry Trends

Truckload markets still search for stability

The country is slowly emerging from the pandemic, with the U.S. averaging 2.5 million vaccine doses a day. That hasn’t

General Mills has adopted shorter contracts and freight mini bids to handle increased demand during the pandemic. In the past,

While supply chain disruptions continue to create tight truckload freight markets, there are signs that the markets will soften in

Being a freight and analytics organization, we look for clues in data, especially as it relates to truckload capacity. When

The pandemic has turned many aspects of life upside down, and commercial transportation is no exception. In most years, freight

With another unpredictable year ahead of us, DAT analyzed the trends from 2020 to pinpoint what to watch in the year ahead.

The freight market in the past year has been marked by exceptionally tight capacity caused by imbalanced carrier networks, which

The coronavirus pandemic upended notions of normality in most facets of life in 2020, and the trucking industry was no

With vaccine distribution underway, shippers are now planning for the slow return to normal life, anticipating the transportation trends in

It’s no secret that truckload rates have been hot, and prices are still exceptionally high. But for shippers, there are

Uncertainty abounds as we begin to look forward to the New Year. Election clarity and virus/vaccine issues aside, a key

As we move into the fall, the truckload market is still seeing record-high spot rates. Total volumes were only up