Fleet Owner: Dry van spot market rates rise during Thanksgiving
Though spot market loads fell for all three major equipment types during Thanksgiving week, national rates were particularly strong for dry van hauls.
Though spot market loads fell for all three major equipment types during Thanksgiving week, national rates were particularly strong for dry van hauls.
The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) has established a partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to aggregate truckload cargo theft and fraud incident information from its nearly 2,000 members.
In this economic-update episode of On the Move, Jen sits down with freight-market authority Dean Croke of DAT to break down what’s really happening in the transportation economy, and what’s coming next. Dean shares the key data points that matter most right now, the early signals pointing to the next market turn.
The Thanksgiving holiday took a bite out of the spot market last week with load posts on DAT One down 48% week over week to 1.3 million.
Winners and losers will emerge in road transport as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern join forces, according to industry experts
This year didn’t bring the turnaround of the freight recession that many expected. Instead, 2025 delivered an environment of economic, political, and regulatory turmoil that is pushing weaker carriers out and forcing everyone else to get smarter, leaner, and more tech-savvy.
Numerous interstates and railroads in Will County, Illinois, led to a booming opportunity for trucking companies — but not without growing pains.
Persistent volatility, policy whiplash, and uneven demand left logistics managers feeling trapped in a loop - where every solution seemed temporary, and every forecast came with an asterisk. From tariffs and trucking to rail and ocean freight, the year's defining force was disruption itself
The spot market became more favorable for carriers in both Canada and south of the border, according to the latest data to cross our desks.
Recent federal disruptions reveal critical weaknesses in industrial supply chains, prompting strategic shifts toward automation and diversification.