Talking Logistics

JUNE 3, 2016

DAT Launches Streamlined TMS for New Freight Brokers. Last November, for example, Kenco Group announced that it was working with PINC Solutions on exploring the potential to deploy drones for yard management at Kenco distribution facilities. Enspire Commerce Launches Next Generation Point of Sale (POS) Software.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This trend repeats every year, as consumer goods from Asia arrive at the ports and begin the eastward journey to regional distribution centers throughout the country. Contract carriers are busy with their regularly scheduled hauls, so a lot of the late-arriving freight gets tendered to brokers and 3PLs. Hot Markets.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Late pushes to get freight in place before Christmas led to higher rates rose out of Buffalo and Allentown, PA. The distribution centers and warehouses in those markets serve the big population centers of the Northeast, so a lot of retail freight is being hauled to its final destination now. FALLING LANES. FALLING LANES.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 9, 2017

There’s a lot of freight out there for vans right now, and August had a stronger start than any month in more than a year and a half. National average rates recovered 3¢ per mile last week, due to a boom in freight heading into population centers in the Northeast. per mile now, due to a richer mix of load and lane choices.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Also, rates might rise again in the final days of the year, as shippers move their last-minute freight before they literally close the book on 2016. It was the height of the produce season in California and elsewhere, and reefers were busiest, so not as many trucks were available to haul van freight. Fewer Loads in Denver and Seattle.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 4, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Stockton to Denver dropped 27¢ from its peak, down to $2.74.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 14, 2016

If you're a shipper, and you know the storm is coming, you want to move your freight out of the area before it hits. Before you accept those high-paying loads, check to be sure that you won't get stuck at your destination -- either because of snow or because of a lack of freight for the return trip. Be careful out there.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 4, 2016

The darker states above have higher load-to-truck ratios, meaning there's less competition for freight in those states. The Southeast continues as the best region to find reefer freight. Rates are soaring on outbound lanes that connect those two markets to distribution centers in Atlanta , in the Northeast and in the Midwest.

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