Fleet Owner: Spot market loads, trucks plummeted last week
Typical for the week of Independence Day, spot market boards’ loads dropped by more than 40%, according to weekly data from transportation research firms.
Typical for the week of Independence Day, spot market boards’ loads dropped by more than 40%, according to weekly data from transportation research firms.
In the week including the July 4 holiday, spot load and trucks saw declines on the DAT One load board marketplace, according to data provided to LM by DAT Freight & Analytics.
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At the mid-point of 2024, for the week of June 23 through June 29, the last week before the end of the second quarter and in advance of the July 4 holiday, a tightening of spot truckload capacity translated into an 8.4% gain in load posts for the DAT One load board marketplace, according to data provided to LM by DAT Freight & Analytics.
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Trucks posted on the DAT spot market load board in the week ending June 23, down 27% from the same week last year and the fewest trucks available in a non-holiday week since January 2022, according to DAT Solutions.
DAT Freight & Analytics names Jeff Clementz as CEO. Clementz joined DAT in 2023 as CPO, a role he will oversee until a new CPO has been hired.
DAT Freight & Analytics names Jeff Clementz as CEO. Clementz joined DAT in 2023 as CPO, a role he will oversee until a new CPO has been hired.
A Georgia state senator discusses an effort to look into the “driver shortage” and what sorts of trucking problems came to light instead. Also, increased loads and fewer carriers are what DAT is seeing on its load board as we head into the summer months. Robert Rouse of DAT also looks ahead to the July Fourth holiday.