The maps, snapshots of the last three years’ worth of January load-to-truck ratios in the spot market as analyzed by DAT, show just how exceptional, big picture, January last year was. What followed, of course, was positive for rates and freight, l
Spot market truck rates for U.S. loads are taking a seasonal slide in January, as slower freight demand frees up more trucks. The DAT Solutions U.S. average dry van spot rate fell to $1.98 per gallon Jan. 17, dropping below $2 per mile for the first
An increase in the minimum amount of liability required for trucking companies would adversely affect owner-operators and smaller carriers at a disproportionate rate and may even force them to close shop, according to recent analysis from DAT Solutio
Is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s work to raise the minimum amount of liability insurance required for carriers warranted? DAT Solutions’ Don Thornton says no, and in a recent blog post published on DAT’s site last week, he g
After recovering somewhat the week before, new numbers show spot market freight rates have turned lower or remain unchanged, according to the freight matching service provider DAT Solutions.
An analysis of recent lane-by-lane trucking activity in the U.S. turns on their heads some assumptions about spot market load boards and how they’re used by carriers.Slightly more than half — 52.7 percent — of spot market truck moves facilitate
Spot market freight volume set another record in September, with a 32 percent increase compared to September 2013, according to the DAT North American Freight Index.
At the Pentagon they call it “asymmetric warfare,” but around the halls of CCJ it’s just called “trucking”: That is, a situation where combatants’ or competitors’ relative size and strength differ significantly.
Though it’s aimed at shippers to a large extent, I imagine many of you will find DAT’s new white paper, “Truckload Capacity in 2014: What’s Causing the Capacity Crunch and What Can Shippers Do About It,” an interesting read through a multif
Spot market truck pricing is unseasonably high in late August, with shippers paying on average 16 cents more per mile for dry van trucks than a year ago, DAT Solutions said. Higher freight rates in late summer and stronger demand for dry van trailers