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Land Line: Spot load posts level out at low point for 2022 on MembersEdge

The total number of spot load posts on DAT MembersEdge slipped 1% during the week of June 19-25 from 3.27 million to 3.24 million posts. While not dramatically different week over week, it’s the lowest weekly total so far this year.

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The Wall Street Journal: Trucking Company Schneider Invests in Chemicals Supply Marketplace

Trucking company Schneider National Inc. is looking to expand its role in chemical distribution through an investment in a startup that is building an online marketplace for industrial raw materials.

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AJOT: DAT truckload freight data added to the Bloomberg Terminal

DAT Freight & Analytics today announced that its DAT iQ truckload freight market analysis and transaction data are now available on the Bloomberg Terminal, an essential source of news, financial data and trading tools for more than 325,000 subscribers.

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TheTrucker: DAT: Truckload van, reefer volumes slipped in May

Truckload freight volumes declined for the third straight month in May, and the average rate to move dry van freight on the spot market dipped.

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Transport Topics: Tonnage Jumps 3.7% in May

Truck tonnage jumped 3.7% in May compared with year-ago levels, marking the ninth consecutive year-over-year gain and the largest since April 2021, American Trucking Associations announced.

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Land Line: Truck parking the target of I-81 effort

Solving the truck parking crisis is going to take a concerted effort on all fronts. Scott Thompson talks with the executive director of the I-81 Corridor Coalition about an upcoming roundtable event that will focus solely on the truck parking problem there.

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The Trucker: Trucking industry should ‘expect the unexpected’ this hurricane season

Hurricane season officially starts this week, and with it comes challenges for the trucking industry with each new storm.

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Land Line: Truck posts jump after Roadcheck week; rates stayed firm

Capacity on the spot market rebounded last week, with truck posts on DAT MembersEdge up 13% compared to the previous week.

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Overdrive: Used truck sales numbers continue fall | Rates’ ‘Roadcheck effect’ last week

Last week, during which the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's annual Roadcheck inspection blitz was ongoing, the total number of loads posted on the DAT One load board network increased 23%, while the number of posted trucks plunged 16% compared to the previous week.

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Boston Globe: What’s supercharging inflation and dragging down the economy? The price of diesel.

It’s bad enough paying more than $4 a gallon to fill your gasoline tank. Now imagine paying $6 a gallon, or more, for diesel fuel.

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