Food Chain Digest: Food Chain Digest – Edition 1, 2023
The January edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI), which was recently issued by DAT Freight & Analytics kicked off 2023 in strong fashion.
A change is coming at the top for Omaha, Neb.-based Class I railroad carrier Union Pacific (UP), with the company today providing an update “on the status and timing of the Board of Directors’ active leadership succession planning process.
The January edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI), which was recently issued by DAT Freight & Analytics kicked off 2023 in strong fashion.
A freshly updated freight rate survey lends even more credence to the pain that small fleets and owner-operators have felt for the past year trying to do business by relying on the volatile spot market and with prices for diesel fuel at all-time highs.
Load posts are down right now, but expect things to change once spring shipping season takes off. Details on that and the spot market as a whole with data and analysis courtesy of DAT.
Successful businesses can turn the smallest edge into the biggest advantage. In a volatile freight market, such as the industry faces to start 2023, shippers and brokers who communicate better and are more accommodating to the carriers hauling their freight can find that edge.
The DAT Truckload Volume Index hit new highs for January, indicating solid seasonal demand for truckload services, said DAT Freight & Analytics, operators of the industry’s largest online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.
DAT operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Ken is responsible for DAT iQ, DATs data science team and its pricing database for shippers, 3PLs, trucking operators and freight brokers.
Without OOIDA’s work over the past 50 years, there’s no telling how many bad ideas would have made their way into the regulations.