CCJ: All signs point to a healthy 2018, but threats remain
DAT reported nine loads available per every truck in its network in December, the highest monthly average ever recorded.
DAT reported nine loads available per every truck in its network in December, the highest monthly average ever recorded.
According to DAT's Mark Montague, the industry’s current driver shortage can be broken down into three main reasons: a strong economy, unfavorable winter weather, and the ELD mandate.
Loads far outnumber vehicles as freight volumes near records.
Truckload contract rate increases "could break records" in 2018, and are likely to remain strong for the next two years after that, a transport analyst said today.
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Spot rates hit an all-time record the last week of December, according to the closely watched DAT Trendlines.
Retailers and manufacturers grappling with an unusually tight trucking market are paying the steepest prices in years to keep their goods moving.
Supply chain disruption caused by back-to-back hurricanes helped shift the top markets for spot and contract truck freight in the United States last year.
Truckload spot market capacity was ultra-tight last week as the new electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, combined with the approaching Christmas holiday, prompted many drivers to take an extended holiday from the road, consulting firm DAT Solutio
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