DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
There is a shift underway right now in the refrigerated freight segment. More restaurant spending, more contract freight. The big food service outfits have private fleets, or they work with contract carriers, so the restaurant trend "eats away" at the refrigerated freight volume on the spot market. Two main factors are involved.
DAT Solutions
APRIL 15, 2019
Despite an increase in freight volumes, national average rates slipped again last week for vans and reefers. Weather was a factor, with snowstorms affecting a large swath of the country's mid-section last week, from Colorado to the Upper Midwest and beyond. National Average Freight Rates - April to-date. loads per truck.
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Parade
JUNE 17, 2019
Every freight brokerage uses one— or a combination of— four main booking structures: 1) Outbound region, 2) Inbound region, 3) ‘Carrier manager' model, and 4) ‘Free for All.' Freight Brokerage ‘Booking Structures’ 1: Outbound Region The outbound region model is also referred to as the ‘outbound state’ model.
Parade
JULY 17, 2019
Every freight brokerage uses one— or a combination of— four main booking structures: 1) Outbound region, 2) Inbound region, 3) ‘Carrier manager' model, and 4) ‘Free for All.' Freight Brokerage ‘Booking Structures’. Therefore, freight brokerages need a great deal of load volume to optimize this model correctly.
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 20, 2021
We have written about the truck driver shortage quite often and its impact on transit times and freight costs. Even without a shortage of gas in the US, because companies can’t find enough drivers in places like Colorado, Iowa, and the Pacific Northwest, a scattering of gas stations have briefly run dry.
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