The top 10 freight markets of 2024
We combed through the DAT iQ database, comprising over $1 trillion in transactions for both spot and contract truckload freight,
2025 keys to success: Brokers
The current inverted market – with spot rates below contract rates – has put the squeeze on freight brokerages and
Year in review: The story of 2024’s freight market
After a couple years of idling, the truckload marketplace is poised to shift gears. That leads to two questions: What
Pattern Recognition: Turning the page to 2025
Let’s state it plainly: 2025 will not look like 2024. Change is in the air, and not just in the
Basic broker security: Keep your systems updated
The following is a guest post from Iris Bradbury, Security Analyst at DAT. Keeping your software and systems up to
Reefer report: Helicopter harvesting Christmas trees
Since 1976, Noble Mountain has been one of the world’s largest wholesale Christmas tree suppliers of Plantation Noble Fir, Douglas
Flatbed report: Truckload demand is improving slowly as the year goes by
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said, “The slow and choppy climb off the bottom continued in October. Since hitting a
Dry van report: The country’s longest veterans parade is underway
The annual “Escort to Arlington,” known as the country’s longest veterans parade, will kick off on Saturday, December 7, 2024.
Before trucks, there were camels
Before diesel-powered four-trailer two-hundred-ton road trains in Australia, camel trains driven by “Afghan” cameleers hauled freight vast distances through the
Gift card fraud is on the rise. Here’s how to avoid being scammed.
There is a massive gift card scam across many industries including finance, supply chain, and retail. These attacks are coming
Flatbed report: Residential construction headwinds persist
The U.S. Census Bureau released the latest residential statistics for October 2024, reporting housing starts, recording a seasonally adjusted annual
Reefer report: Oregon tops Christmas tree production again
The state that produces the most Christmas trees in the United States is Oregon in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), thanks