In this episode of Supply Chain Now, hosts Scott W. Luton and Kim Reuter are joined by freight industry experts Bobby Holland, Director of Freight Business Analytics at U.S. Bank, and Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics at DAT Freight & Analytics. Together, they break down the latest U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index and what it reveals about the current state of the freight market.
Fleets and trucking companies historically haven’t worried too much about cybersecurity. In some instances, it has been looked upon like insurance.
There are finally signs emerging of the anticipated EPA27 pre-buy, but it’s coming from vocational truck buyers and not those in the on-highway segment.
“It may not feel like it, given last month’s business and trade volatility, but spot and contract freight data reflected a market in equilibrium,” firm’s top analyst reports.
Call it a discussion of Truckonomics, as CCJ Editor Jason Cannon quipped to start the discussion, which touched on spot and contract rates and freight-volume recovery, tariffs and uncertainty in the business community, potential business tax cuts, and more.
Meet Me For Coffee - recorded on site at Manifest in Las Vegas! Join our host Samantha Jones and her guest Brian Gill, the CTO at DAT Freight & Analytics as they discuss fraud prevention, their new tools and advancements coming soon, and how they are working to increase collaboration with brokers to let them drive the innovation at DAT.
Various factors paced spot truckload freight volumes in January, according to the new edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which issued today by DAT Freight and Analytics.
“A reboot in the truck freight market is slower than anticipated,” a U.S. Bank index report said, adding that cyclical and structural challenges remain.
From sure-fire predictions to major trends to watch, industry experts outline the year ahead.
Demand for trucks on the spot market typically rise at the end of a month as shippers clear their docks, according to DAT.