Taken separately, recent reports on freight movements, shipper spending and even the spot market can be downright confusing if you’re trying to figure what’s happening to the nation’s freight market and overall economic health.
It seems like a week didn’t go by in 2015 without another startup introducing a mobile app to help shippers find available space on trucks.
There are so many ways to analyze the state of truckload capacity, and on top of that there is, perhaps, no other facet of freight transportation that is so directly impacted by myriad moving parts, whether it be driver availability, rates, demand, w
MEMPHIS — Those in the U.S. surface transportation sector can buckle up for more of the same, so long as the national economy continues to creep along at its current pace.
When every mile—and every dollar—counts, shippers need to know which carriers are keeping them on a course to profitability. That's why carrier metrics are so important.
DAT Solutions has a new online analytics service that gives access to truck and load data on 149 key market areas in North America with the highest concentrations of inbound and outbound freight. A Tableau web portal displays a set of trucking freigh
Car-service apps like Uber and Lyft are growing in popularity, as the immediacy of being matched with a vehicle via the speed and payment efficiency of a smartphone is a winner in the eyes of many.
A new generation of apps is targeting industrial freight shipping, but there’s more to logistics than calling yourself an Uber for trucking. Talk about the disruption coming from technology applications is everywhere, and that’s especially true i
If truckload capacity felt a little tight during the first week of June, it’s not because factory output spiked or there was a sudden bumper crop of tomatoes. It may have been the Roadcheck Effect.
Does an annual truck inspection blitz impact the market? A new analysis by DAT Solutions says it’s likely, and spot rate increases are going to cost shippers and could signal an improving summer freight season. Coincidentally, the federal penalties