The “worst” of the two-year freight downturn appears to be over, but not all sectors of trucking are recovering at the same speed, analysts said during a Journal of Commerce webcast.
The spot market is struggling to rebalance as the rate of carriers exiting has slowed despite sluggish demand.
With the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore behind him, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore made the rounds on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News to discuss the disaster.
Capacity has continued to decline at a slow and steady pace, according to ACT Research.
A snapshot of additions of freight firms finally outweighed a longstanding trend of exits.
DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo on Thursday shared a look at what he called the "Big Rip Quadrant" for March, or the load transactions last month with the highest recorded broker margins, in the interest of broker transparency.
Freight movement around the Baltimore area is limited after the bridge collapse, while travel to and from the Port of Baltimore and surrounding area struggles with congestion and long detours.
The number of cargo theft incidents across the board spiked in 2023. Keith Lewis of CargoNet breaks down what’s behind the dramatic increase.
The latest truck/load posting and rate data from DAT Freight & Analytics finds that rates and load-to-truck ratios were both doing well in the last week of March compared to the rest of 2024.
Flatbed loads surged 57% week over week from Baltimore, DAT Freight & Analytics reported.