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
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.”
BG Strategic Advisors is pleased to announce and congratulate SecūrSpace CEO Lance Theobald as the winner of the DAT sponsored BGSA 2020 Supply Chain “Shark Tank” competition featured at the BG Strategic Advisors Supply Chain Conference 2020 held at
JOC: Truckload struggle likely to linger through H1 2020
Coming off universally soft fourth-quarter earnings, truckload carriers and brokers think the first half of 2020 will continue to be a challenge for them, and while there is some optimism for a turnaround this summer, not everyone is convinced it...
JOC: Intermodal turnaround not expected until summer
US railroads and intermodal providers forecast container volume to be stronger in 2020 than a year ago, but sluggish conditions will persist in the short term before shipper demand picks up in the second half, company officials have indicated ...
CCJ: Indicators: Is the trucking market turning? DAT forecasts firmer rates; tonnage gained in ’19; shipper v. carrier conditions to drift toward neutral
Rates finding footing, DAT says — a positive for 2020 outlook Despite a decline in freight volume in December, spot market rates surged in the month, according to DAT’s monthly Truckload Freight Volume Index.
Logistics Management: Spot market dry van and reefer rates finish 2019 on a high, reports DAT
DAT said there were some seasonable elements in the mix, with spot rates rising in December over each of the last five years, as December van and reefer rates each registered their highest levels going back to January 2020.
Heavy Duty Trucking: Knight-Swift, DAT Team up for Predictive Rate Forecasting Pilot
DAT Solutions is supplying Knight-Swift Transportation with a new rate forecasting tool to provide actionable short-term and long-term insights into transportation markets. The tool provides forecasts based on the DAT RateView database of more than $