FreightWaves: Knight-Swift to participate in pilot of DAT’s Book Now freight tendering solution
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
JOC: Coyote Curve urges caution for shippers over rising spot truck rates
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.
Cargo Business News: Trucking Trends – Why Freight Brokers Need to Know Their ABCs
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
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.
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.
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...
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