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TBP: Truck orders to remain low in 2020, tonnage up slightly in January

So far this year, spot rates have not been high enough to encourage a greater amount of new orders. Dry-van spot rates fell 4.4% in January, from the same month in 2019, according to DAT Solutions.

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CCJ: Indicators: ‘Dramatic highs, lows’ for freight activity and rates in January, says DAT

Spot market truckload rates got off to a strong start in January, says DAT in its monthly Truckload Volume Index report.

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TT: January Tonnage Up 0.8% Compared to 2019

DAT Truckload Volume Index said Feb. 13 that January started on a strong note but fell toward the middle and end of the month.

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Overdrive: Coronavirus risk for truckers appears minimal, though lockdown in China could impact inbound freight

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SCMR: A Market-Based Pricing Model for Transportation Contracts

Real-world results: MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics uses DAT rate index in partnership with a leading shipper to develop more responsive long-term transportation contracts.

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JOC: DAT brings $68 billion in data to rate forecasting

DAT Solutions is using predictive analytics technology to sift through more than $68 billion in annual spot and contract transactions to give cargo owners a better sense of what they could be paying for trucking over the next 12 months...

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Heavy Duty Trucking: Q&A – DAT Analytics Guru Explains how Freight Forecasting Works

DAT Solutions announced a pilot program for a suite of new rate forecasting and market analysis tools in January ahead of a commercial launch in April. In this HDT interview, Ken Adamo, chief analytics officer, and Eileen Hart, vice president of mark

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Supply Chain Dive: NRF – Coronavirus could cause 13% import drop at US ports

Major U.S. ports could see a nearly 13% drop in containerized retail imports in February, down to 1.41 million TEUs, due to extended production shutdowns caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China, according to the National Retail Federation's Globa

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Land Line: January’s soft spot rates slide into February

Rates on DAT MembersEdge were at their lows for the year on most lanes and trending down last week.

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CCJ: Coronavirus lockdown likely to crimp truck freight as global supply chain faces ‘severe disruptions’

DAT Solutions said in a statement to CCJ the impact of the normal slowdown in imports on the West Coast due to the Lunar New Year holiday is “typically felt in the U.S. through the end of February.”

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