Brokers make a distinction between co-brokering, done legitimately as a necessity in a fast-paced business environment, and double-brokering, done surreptitiously, often by fraudsters intending to steal freight.
Copper Products, Consumer Electronics and Cryptocurrency Mining Hardware Were Frequent Targets of Cargo Theft in 2024
Ken Adamo and Joe Lynch discuss a trillion dollars in freight transactions. Ken is the Chief of Analytics at DAT Freight & Analytic. DAT operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Shippers, brokers, carriers, news organizations and industry analysts rely on DAT for trends and data insights based on a database of $150 billion in annual market transactions.
Fuel card skimming has become an increasing threat to the financial security of truck fleets, but industry leaders have been making progress addressing the issue over the past year.
Dean Croke is the principal analyst for DAT Freight and Analytics, and he has quite the backstory. Dean has been driving for most of his life, growing up in a family livestock haulage business in Australia. He’s driven around 2 million miles, including pulling some of the biggest road trains in existence.
Fleets may finally find for-hire rates are turning up: Forecasts call for a market flip as early as Q2.
In this episode of Supply Chain Now, hosts Scott W. Luton and Kim Reuter are joined by freight industry experts Bobby Holland, Director of Freight Business Analytics at U.S. Bank, and Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics at DAT Freight & Analytics. Together, they break down the latest U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index and what it reveals about the current state of the freight market.
Fleets and trucking companies historically haven’t worried too much about cybersecurity. In some instances, it has been looked upon like insurance.
There are finally signs emerging of the anticipated EPA27 pre-buy, but it’s coming from vocational truck buyers and not those in the on-highway segment.
“It may not feel like it, given last month’s business and trade volatility, but spot and contract freight data reflected a market in equilibrium,” firm’s top analyst reports.