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JUNE 5, 2023
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DAT Solutions
JUNE 5, 2023
Find loads and trucks fast with full access to the trusted DAT Network. Freight matching designed for shippers, brokers and carriers.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
While the recent Polar Vortex events have many thinking back to the winter of 2014, Winter Storms Uri and Viola took a different path, resulting in a very different impact on freight markets.
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DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Last week, two of the seven Class I Railroads announced extreme winter weather and sub-zero temperatures were impacting rail operations. From a truckload perspective, around 48% of all railcars are classified as intermodal, which competes heavily with truckload on the longer lengths of haul.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Even though local growers in the Rio Grande Valley in the McAllen, TX, market have been hit hard by last week’s freezing cold air, damaging citrus and leafy green crops, carriers should keep an eye on imports.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
The spike in truckload shipping costs in 2020 brought extra attention to transportation budgets and operations. Given all the uncertainties that still exist in the marketplace, how can you successfully plan and execute on a new transportation budget?
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Being a freight and analytics organization, we look for clues in data, especially as it relates to truckload capacity. When guaging the direction of commercial freight markets in 2021, there are some indicators that require extra scrutiny this year.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Port congestion on the West Coast in 2020 pushed import volumes farther east and closer to major population centers on the East Coast.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
What’s the best way to repair a broken routing guide? In these days of COVID-19, the question comes up with increasing frequency, with widespread market disruptions and network imbalances leaving many supply chain experts scrambling for solutions.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Resourcefulness is hard to measure and a difficult skill set to teach, but people who manage transportation or run trucks for a living have it in spades. They are exceptional problem solvers.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Flatbed load and equipment posts on the DAT network each increased 2% last week, leaving the national average flatbed load-to-truck ratio virtually unchanged at 52.8. Load post volumes in DAT’s top 10 flatbed markets increased by just under 1% compared to the previous week. However, the number of loads moved on the top 78 flatbed lanes was up 13.2% week over week, and the average spot rate was higher or neutral on 59 of those lanes.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Dry van load post volumes on the DAT network increased 7% last week and are now up 121% year over year.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
You've jumped through all the hurdles and got your own trucking authority – now you need to find customers.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
This week is the peak shipping week for flowers ahead of Valentine's Day, and most of the activity is centered on Miami, just 3.5 hours flying time from where the majority of Valentine’s Day roses are grown.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
There’s a Groundhog Day theme to the national average flatbed spot rate, which remains largely unchanged for the last 3 months, ending last week where it started at $2.19/mile excluding fuel.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 28, 2021
Freight rates typically decrease throughout January each year, but the pace for this month does appear to be accelerating, as spot market volumes drop, contract rates rise, and overall freight volumes remain down year over year.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 28, 2021
For flatbed carriers looking to gauge future demand in the building and construction industry, the Home Builders Housing Market Index (HMI) is based on a monthly survey of the National Association of Home Builders members, designed to take the pulse of the single-family housing market.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 29, 2021
What are truck drivers doing to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic? We asked our panel of trucking insiders to hear how they're staying safe while operating their businesses.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 27, 2021
Supply chains faced unprecedented disruptions in 2020, but the pandemic provided fresh perspectives for 2021. Members of the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC), a group of leading shippers who use DAT iQ for benchmarking, identified two key strategic trends. .
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 12, 2021
While new home construction and low mortgage rates fueled a lot of flatbed demand in 2020, spending on private nonresidential construction in November was 9.5% below 2019 levels, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. .
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 12, 2021
We expect 2021 to be very different to 2020. The pandemic resulted in a crash in demand, followed by a capacity crunch, which will make year-over-year comparisons difficult. We don’t have any non-pandemic years in recent enough history to make meaningful comparisons.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 6, 2021
Transportation procurement teams are tasked with finding a difficult balance on a daily basis: Maintain the highest level of service from your carriers at the best possible price.
DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 23, 2020
One of the themes of the pandemic-driven freight market has been tight capacity, which has driven up spot rates to record levels and put upward pressure on contract rates at the same time.
DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Some of the steam appears to be going out of the booming home building market, which has been the main driver being high flatbed volumes for loads of building material and lumber in recent months.
DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 1, 2020
At this stage in the holiday shipping season, demand for logistics services is continuing to grow in both retail and manufacturing sectors, but according to the recent results from the Logistics Managers Index (LMI), “firms cannot add logistics infrastructure quickly enough to keep up with burgeoning demand.”.
DAT Solutions
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
Last week we reported on several reliable and unbiased industry volume indices (ATA Truckload Tonnage, Cass Freight Index and MSU Surface Transportation Index), which all indicated overall truckload freight volumes are still down year-over-year. This week we take a look at two more freight volume indices.
DAT Solutions
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Do you move freight in and out of Canada? DAT is now partnering with Global eTrade Services (GeTS) to offer simplified cross-border eManifest services to carriers moving freight across the border into Canada.
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 12, 2020
While there’s evidence emerging that truckload volumes may be stabilizing, the direction of spot rates remains uncertain, with upward pressure on prices as carriers continue to reject surge volume from shippers on their contracted lanes.
DAT Solutions
JULY 22, 2020
Several key factors cloud the current freight outlook: The possible end of the extended unemployment insurance program next week, COVID-19 outbreaks in many states, uncertainty in consumer demand and rising retail warehouse inventories. The latter is one to watch if the economic recovery slows.
DAT Solutions
JULY 8, 2020
June provided some much-needed recovery for truckload markets, but as COVID-19 outbreaks grow exponentially in major freight markets, including California, Texas, Arizona and Florida, the potential for volatility cannot be underestimated.
DAT Solutions
JUNE 25, 2020
As we find ourselves searching for some sort of “new normal,” we’re seeing the reopening process slow in places where new hotspots emerge, but surprisingly, we saw major upticks in dry van trends.
DAT Solutions
JUNE 23, 2020
Spot market demand for dry van truckload shipments picked up steam again last week, with retail freight leading to tighter capacity and higher rates as we head into the Fourth of July.
DAT Solutions
JUNE 16, 2020
By and large, spring was not kind to carriers, so the higher rates we’ve been seeing in recent weeks are a welcome sign for trucking companies. If nothing else, this typical seasonal trend provides at least some piece of normality in what have otherwise been turbulent times for truckers.
DAT Solutions
JUNE 4, 2020
This week, DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo speaks with Chris Caplice; Chief Scientist at Chainalytics, Executive Director of Center for Transportation and Logistics, and Senior Research Scientist at MIT. Chris will be transitioning to DAT as part of the recent FMIC acquisition. Watch Ken and Chris discuss further in this interview.
DAT Solutions
MAY 27, 2020
As more and more businesses across the country reopen, truckload freight markets are also trying to find their footing.
DAT Solutions
MAY 15, 2020
The COVID 19 pandemic has triggered a recent cratering in rail intermodal moves, particularly on the international container cargo portion of that business.
DAT Solutions
MAY 5, 2020
Predictive modeling is the art of using high-power computing to learn from the past and predict the future. Most of us use predictive models in our daily lives, but is not always obvious. .
DAT Solutions
APRIL 29, 2020
COVID-19 has dealt a heavy blow to trucking companies. With large swaths of the economy closed, demand for truckload shipments has plummeted, and carriers have found themselves on the wrong side of a supply and demand imbalance. .
DAT Solutions
APRIL 21, 2020
Recent news has been all about the downturn in freight volumes, and the lower rates that accompany smaller volumes. Whenever freight markets go soft, we analysts like to look at changes that can help pull us out of the current pattern. In the midst of much gloom about the freight marketplace, we look for some positives that can help us through the next couple of months.
DAT Solutions
APRIL 1, 2020
In the latest "Ask Me Anything" video, hear first-hand how the coronavirus is affecting drivers, fleet owners and 3PLs.
DAT Solutions
MARCH 31, 2020
Van rates may fall as fast as they rose, as declining load-to-truck ratios signal the end of the coronavirus-fueled spike in spot freight. Retail inventories are still being depleted and replenished at a rapid pace, but the freight pipeline is depleted because of business closures all over the country. Plus, many consumers face sudden job losses, making them wary about discretionary spending.
DAT Solutions
MARCH 18, 2020
Hours of Service are being waived under some circumstances, to provide carriers with greater flexibility when they haul urgently needed products. See what products are included in this emergency declaration.
DAT Solutions
MARCH 16, 2020
We don't anticipate any changes in your service, though you may experience longer wait times on the phone.
DAT Solutions
MARCH 2, 2020
Van carriers may be glad to see February recede in the rearview, as rates and volume slid lower in a typical winter slump. As of last week, rates seemed to have hit a plateau, and truckload volumes were picking up. The much-anticipated spring recovery may be delayed or canceled, however, due to the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus on supply chains worldwide.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Freight rates remain in their typical seasonal slump. Last week rates declined for all three equipment types, but most declines were modest.
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