Heavy Duty Trucking: Cautious Optimism for a Better 2024 for Trucking
As the U.S. economy stuttered along in 2023 toward a hoped-for “soft landing,” trucking struggled. But many economic and trucking industry analysts believe 2024 is looking up, especially in the second half of the year.
Transport Topics: Truck Tonnage in December Dips 0.5% Year-Over-Year
Truck tonnage dipped in December, closing out the worst 12 months for freight activity since the pandemic year of 2020, American Trucking Associations reported.
Journal of Commerce: Surge in US truck spot rates to ebb as US storm threat lifts
As snow piled up across the US last week, so did spot truckload shipments. That drove spot rates up in many regions, starting with the Pacific Northwest, with fewer trucks available and fewer shipments being moved, according to DAT Freight & Analytics.
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.
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.
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.
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.