JOC: Truckers ‘keep plugging,’ but worry about coronavirus quarantines
“For now, spot van prices are trending up seasonally, with more lane rates rising than falling,” Peggy Dorf, DAT market analyst, said in a blog post Monday.
“For now, spot van prices are trending up seasonally, with more lane rates rising than falling,” Peggy Dorf, DAT market analyst, said in a blog post Monday.
DAT Book Now allows carriers on the DAT network of load boards to search for freight and lock in a rate with the click of a button on their mobile or desktop device. DAT operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America.
Circle Logistics, an industry-leading provider of ground transportation solutions across the U.S, announced today that it is now testing DAT Book Now, an automated freight-tendering technology that eliminates phone calls, negotiations, and other manu
DAT provides insight into how the coronavirus is currently affecting the trucking industry/economy and what effect it might have in the coming months.
FMCSA’s relatively new Unified Registration System for new authorities of all types has made it tougher, too, for problem actors to reincarnate and hide their past actions, says DAT Compliance Manager Tami Hart.
Kingsgate Logistics has joined a pilot program that provides early access to a suite of predictive rates and analytics tools from DAT Solutions.
Knight-Swift Logistics’ pilot for DAT Book Now promises to eliminate manual processes like lengthy load searches, phone calls and negotiations.
The automated freight tendering segment continues to heat up with more competitive products hitting the market. The latest is DAT Solutions, which announced a pilot program with Knight-Swift Logistics, the logistics brokerage arm of Knight-Swift Tran
In January 2020, DAT reported a 6 percent decline and JOC’s rate was down 3.2 percent. Contract rates fell more than 10 percent in January, however, according to DAT.
As legislative deadlines go, Jan. 1 loomed large in California where Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which makes it harder for gig-economy companies like Uber and Postmates to qualify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, was set to