TransportDive: Are Uber Freight’s visibility tools worth trading data?
Data sharing is an issue, commercially and in public policy, that is hot on tongues of lawmakers and Silicon Valley officials. U.S. companies tend to take proactive measures to assure users, experts told Transport Dive.
Overdrive: ‘A heyday’ for rates on cross-border freight leaving Laredo
Demand for goods coming in from Mexico at the Laredo, Texas, border crossing is spurring significant per-mile rate hikes for loads out of Laredo into the rest of the U.S., says a prominent brokerage that works cross-border freight.
Overdrive: Peeling back the layers of the freight market as spot loads and rates boom
In large part, on the spot market anyway, 2020 has been a tale of two seasons, as many owner-operators and small fleets have experienced first hand in their own dealings.
Transport Dive: Trucks, Trailers, Tonnage: What Transport Data Says About the State of Industry
DAT's line haul rates measure the seven-day weekly moving average for spot rates in dry van and reefer hauls. They often reflect the balance of supply and demand in the spot market. The rates exclude fuel surcharges and are derived from DAT’s RateView database.
Wall Street Journal: West Coast Freight Networks ‘Bursting at the Seams’ With Surging Imports
In a sharp turnaround from the spring, freight railroads and trucking companies are scrambling to get workers and equipment in place to handle a surge in cargo.