Peggy Dorf

Peggy joined DAT in 2008 as a writer and market analyst. She was instrumental in developing DAT Trendlines, and she writes extensively about the impact of economic trends on companies and individuals in transportation and logistics. Peggy is a Certified Transportation Broker with decades of experience in technology marketing and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Early winter storms could cause freight schedules to slip

Posted: 10 Dec, 2018 by Peggy Dorf

It’s snowing at the wrong time and in all the wrong places. That means a lot of freight delivery schedules are going to slip. Over the weekend, Winter Storm Diego blanketed Charlotte, Raleigh and many miles of highway in North Carolina, extending east to Tennessee and north to Virginia. Snow and ice are everywhere, and tens of thousands are without power. DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more th...

Categories: Trucking Industry Trends

Tags: Broker Carrier Owner-Operator

Allentown gains traction as freight hub

Posted: 30 Nov, 2018 by Peggy Dorf

Allentown, PA, was once a major manufacturing town, but it has emerged more recently as a popular location for warehouses and distribution centers, especially at this time of year. It's the fastest-growing city in Pennsylvania, with over 120,000 residents and a one-day roundtrip to major population ...

Categories: Trucking Industry Trends

Tags: Broker Carrier Owner-Operator Shipper

Minnesota turkeys are stuffing outbound trucks

Posted: 19 Nov, 2018 by Peggy Dorf

When you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner in the Midwestern U.S., remember to be thankful for Minnesota. The Land of a Thousand Lakes is also the number-one state for turkey production, by a wide margin. So it's no big surprise that the Minneapolis market area was also the land of a thousand loa...

Categories: Trucking Industry Trends

Tags: Broker Carrier

The high cost of free shipping

Posted: 15 Nov, 2018 by Peggy Dorf

Prioritizing delivery time over efficiency adds to transportation and logistics costs, and those costs will inevitably be passed on. Either consumers will pay more for the merchandise, or stockholders will lose out when they invest in those retailers.

Categories: Trucking Industry Trends

Tags: Broker Carrier Shipper

Asian imports turn up the heat for vans on the West Coast

Posted: 30 Oct, 2018 by Peggy Dorf

Demand for vans continues to heat up on the West Coast, boosting load-to-truck ratios in California, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah. 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. Expect ...

Categories: Rate Trend of the Week

Tags: Broker Carrier Owner-Operator

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