DAT Solutions

JANUARY 17, 2019

Of course, for a lot of trucking companies, the work week can easily last six or seven days, but either way, one thing that the activity on the DAT Load Board told us last week was that pretty much everyone was back to working full time. That extra capacity cut the national van load-to-truck ratio nearly in half.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 12, 2018

Last week was the annual inspection blitz, Roadcheck, which typically leads to tighter capacity and higher rates because a lot of truckers take that week off. And of the drivers who do work, a lot lose driving time due to the inspections. But tighter capacity has pushed rates skyward in the last three weeks. mile as well).

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 8, 2019

Refrigerated produce freight has been notably absent from the picture, so that likely has some reefers competing for van freight. National Average Freight Rates - April to-date. Van volumes are actually up compared to where they were at this time last year, but that has been met with increased capacity. Reefer: $2.17/mile

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so trucks are still in high demand to move refrigerated freight. Just like with dry van freight , reefer capacity tightened in the first week of November, meaning that shippers and brokers had a harder time finding trucks to move those reefer loads.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 25, 2017

December was arguably the strongest month for freight in 2016. So even though we're now going through the typical seasonal slow-down for mid-January, rates are still higher than usual in some places for this time of year. Spot market volumes still look strong, but contract freight has been a little slow. HOT MARKETS.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

The country’s underdeveloped intermodal freight transportation system is consistently outperformed by its faster and better integrated U.S. The move may be risky, but the mega retailer’s play may also be indicative of an emerging trend in North American maritime freight.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 11, 2018

Normally there’s a lull after the end of Q1 after shippers have rushed to push freight out the door before month's end. It’s hard to say exactly what caused capacity to tighten, but April 1 marked another ELD deadline. It’s hard to say exactly what caused capacity to tighten, but April 1 marked another ELD deadline.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 30, 2020

Now, we’re counting down the remaining 3 important freight shipping issues you need to know as we move into the next decade. In recent years, the freight industry has seen an increase in shipping and the number of trucks on the road. At the same time, there has been a decrease in the number of parking spaces for commercial trucks.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Demand was soaring for retail freight, and the ELD mandate that had just taken effect led to a major capacity crunch. This time last year: $2.09/mile. Hot markets Houston volumes spiked two weeks ago, and pricing caught up last week. Denver to Los Angeles was down 16¢ to just $1.20/mile.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 13, 2018

So I'm gonna give this a whirl, and explain how it's used as a guide to see if freight rates are trending up or down. The load-to-truck ratio describes the balance between freight availability and truckload capacity on the spot market, and it's updated constantly. What is the load-to-truck ratio? How often does it change?

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 30, 2018

For comparison, the national average was just $1.67 per mile around this time a year ago. Rising fuel costs have added to the pressure on prices, but the big story is still the tight capacity that resulted from the ELD mandate. Atlanta and Houston were the only two major van markets to buck the national trends last week.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. Those four factors added up to extraordinary pressure on spot market truck capacity, driving rates up as high as we’ve seen them since at least 2010, when we established the freight rates database that forms the foundation of DAT RateView.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 13, 2017

Brokers and shippers had a harder time finding trucks last week, so they paid a premium in most major markets and lanes. For van freight, last week's national load-to-truck ratio was the highest it's been since mid-2014. Even Denver to Stockton was up 12¢ -- it still averaged just $1.21/mile, Out west, L.A.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 6, 2019

That's a typical trend for this time of year, but volumes are starting to gather strength. The West Coast is starting to see the freight that shipped from China after the Chinese New Year celebrations ended. port for those ships, and that freight was already being loaded onto trucks last week. loads per truck. VAN TRENDS.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 10, 2018

That's a new record high, breaking the one that was set just a week prior, and rates on a majority of the top 100 van lanes continued to climb last week. Capacity is also starting to loosen in California, Nevada, and Florida, and there were more lanes with significant declines than what we've been seeing in recent weeks. FALLING LANES.

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GTG Technology Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The catastrophic storms did more than just flood homes and knock down trees, they impacted logistics in a variety of ways. It will be a long time before anyone can measure the two storms’ impact on logistics and the economy. Some experts predict ELDs that make it impossible to falsify logbooks will reduce current capacity between 2.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

But are the Jetsons just a few centuries before their time? Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. And I’m not talking about the future of home delivery with drones or robots (more on that later). Today, July 22, 2022, is George Jetson’s birthday. Talk about flexibility.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Spot market freight has stabilized in recent weeks, and last week we saw load-to-truck ratios rise for every trailer type. For one, lackluster contract freight volumes has led to more contract carriers putting trucks on the spot market, and the extra capacity has kept rates from rising in many places.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Spot market volumes hit an all-time high on the top 100 van lanes last week. But so far, truckload capacity hasn't shown many signs of loosening, so prices have stayed elevated even after the initial spikes in rates caused by the storms. In just one week: Buffalo to Chicago lane rates rose 35¢ to an average of $1.97/mile.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

It's February, so it should be no surprise that freight availability is down, and so are rates. Conditions may improve in just a few weeks, if that pattern holds up. Conditions may improve in just a few weeks, if that pattern holds up. Your time is worth more than that, and you can get more with a TriHaul.

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Freight Center

MAY 30, 2019

Hurricane Harvey by itself affected 10% of the nation’s trucking capacity after leaving Houston flooded. It begs the question: what happens to your freight during a natural disaster? This could be from debris or flooding, especially since freight trucking is the most common mode of transport. Securing the Supply Chain.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

AI in logistics customer support (through predictive transit times) will reach more consumers this year. Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

These enterprises are no longer reliant on the Suez Canal route for shipping freight on Post-Panamax container vessels to the United States. The waterway’s increased capacity provides more routing options for shipments into the United States. The impact of transit time on routing decisions varies with the type of product being shipped.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Artificial intelligence has been applied to just about every supply chain application imaginable, including transportation management and execution, demand planning, supply chain planning, warehouse management, and order management. It has also been embedded in autonomous trucks, robots, and drones for navigation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Like many superstitions that have evolved over time and across cultures, it is difficult to pinpoint the precise origins of Friday the 13th. The two main planks of the GSA would seek to tackle non-market excess capacity and carbon emissions. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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