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Trucking Dive: Dry van freight contracts fall to lowest average in years

Sluggish freight demand is starting to recover, ACT Research noted.

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Truck News: Economic Trucking Trends: Spot market rates, freight fundamentals improving

We begin 2024 with mostly good news. While December marked a softening of Canadian spot market freight volumes, in the U.S. spot market rates are rising and closing the gap with contract rates. That’s vital if we’re to see a recovery of the spot market, DAT Freight & Analytics reported.

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Fleet New Daily: DAT Truckload Volume Index: Gap between spot and contract rates narrowed in December

Spot truckload rates rose in December and the gap between spot and contract van rates closed to its narrowest point since March 2022 when prices to move truckload freight were near all-time highs, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.

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American Journal of Transportation: DAT Truckload Volume Index: Gap between spot and contract rates narrowed in December

Spot truckload rates rose in December and the gap between spot and contract van rates closed to its narrowest point since March 2022 when prices to move truckload freight were near all-time highs, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.

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Yahoo Finance: DAT strengthens leadership team with two key executive appointments, furthering its commitment to innovation and information security

DAT Freight & Analytics today introduced two new leaders for its product and security organizations.

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Logistics Management: DAT Truckload Volume Index sees gains in December to end a ‘lackluster’ 2023

The December edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI), which was recently issued by DAT Freight & Analytics, highlighted what the company described as the most significant narrowing in the gap between spot and contract van rates, going back to March 2022, a period when truckload prices nearly were at their highest point ever.

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AP: DAT strengthens leadership team with two key executive appointments, furthering its commitment to innovation and information security

DAT Freight & Analytics today introduced two new leaders for its product and security organizations.

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Land Line Now: Podcast: What role will artificial intelligence play in transportation? – Land Line Magazine

Charles Sperry of the OOIDA Foundation discusses artificial intelligence and other topics from a recent meeting of the Transportation Research Board.

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Produce Blue Book: DAT Truckload Volume Index: Gap between spot and contract rates narrows in December

Spot truckload rates rose in December, and the gap between spot and contract van rates closed to its narrowest point since March 2022 when prices to move truckload freight were near all-time highs, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.

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Overdrive Magazine: How much money are brokers really making from owner-operators’ hauls?

How much do brokers make on the loads you haul? How much do they deserve to make, and can they be trusted to honestly report the numbers?

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