Many shippers could save money by taking advantage of the substantial spot market for transportation. Watch this video to see how the spot market often consists of backhaul equipment that would otherwise move empty.
Reaching the highest-ever volume for the month of January, the DAT North American Freight Index increased 42% last month compared to January 2012.
According to data drawn from its DAT Trendlines and the DAT Network of load boards, TransCore DAT has found that spot-market capacity in the truckload market increased 17% in September, compared to the same month a year ago.
TransCore offers a daily snapshot of supply and demand across the country in its Hot Market Map. Most customers use it as a starting point for their daily planning, says Ken Harper, marketing director of DAT products and services.“It’s one of tho
Multiple factors have combined at this point in time to relieve the linehaul capacity crunch, according to TransCore DAT freight analyst Mark Montague. Writing on the company’s Freight Talk blog, he points out that while “recent freight patterns
By all measures queried in the just-released fifth annual Transcore DAT Broker Benchmark Survey, 2011 turned out to be a second positive year in a row for non-asset based brokers, broker-carriers and 3PLs alike.Advertisement.“Last year was a good y
Information and communications companies, truck OEMs, equipment and service suppliers, and even the government have been using technologies onboard and off to help manage the business of trucking for years now. One result is a vast and still largely
Despite mixed signals in other parts of the global shipping economy, David Schrader, senior vice president for operations at TransCore, says freight shipping demand remains strong in the U.S. truckload sector as inventory management trends push more
All owner-operator subscribers to the TruckersEdge.net load-board service from TransCore can look forward to a new smartphone-optimized mobile site to launch officially late this year or early next, says TransCore product manager Scott McCollister.
Insurance agents and brokers frustrated with issuing certificates of insurance for transportation risks may have a friend in an Oregon company that specializes in monitoring insurance data on motor carriers for freight brokers. The company, TransCore