Transport Dive: Trucks, trailers, tonnage: What transport data says about the state of the industry
Economic forces, consumer demand, seasonality, natural disasters and myriad other factors contribute to transport’s cyclical market.
Economic forces, consumer demand, seasonality, natural disasters and myriad other factors contribute to transport’s cyclical market.
Marty Ellis is hauling the OOIDA tour trailer some 120 miles from Columbia, S.C., to Spartanburg, S.C.
Transitioning a trucking or logistics enterprise to a virtual work environment was not an overnight process, but as companies gained momentum they also found ways to scale their operations to maximize efficiencies.
Truckload volumes on the spot market were lower overall but showed relative strength during the latter half of November, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One truckload freight marketplace and the DAT iQ data analytics service.
The American Transportation Research Institute has a new report that lays out the challenges associated with converting the nation over to a fully electric world.
Ian White, Director of Platform Engineering at DAT, joined the company to scale their Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure, which has come under stress as their business has grown over the past couple years.
This year’s winners are investing in anything that offers end-to-end management, from farm to fork, and beyond.
Carrier executives continue to yearn for supply/demand equation to even out as inventory slowly rebuilds. In the meantime, capacity for fleet growth remains limited due to constraints on equipment and qualified drivers. Does this recurring news actually signal a return to normal?
The potential rail strike was averted last week, but according to DAT, some shippers still took preventative measures and diverted some volume to truckload.
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released the results of their survey detailing the top 10 trucking industry issues that must be addressed as we head into 2023.