Flatbed Report: Higher commodity prices drive higher farm equipment sales
According to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), Four-Wheel-Drive Tractors and Combine Harvesters continue to grow
Dean Croke
Dean Croke is the Principal Analyst for DAT iQ, the freight data and analytics operation at DAT. He brings 35 years of experience in the fields of data science, supply chain management, logistics, risk management and human performance. For the latest market updates, follow @datfreightteam on Twitter.
Bellying up to ‘America’s Salad Bowl’
It may be a relatively small part of California, but the tract of land known as the Salinas Valley grows
The 100 Deadly Days of Summer
Due to a significant annual increase in fatal car accidents during the 100-day span between Memorial Day and Labor Day,
Understand The Demand for What You Haul
At last month’s Mid-America Truck Show (MATS) ProTalk sessions, numerous new carriers in the trucking industry asked what they should
Dry Van Report: LTL volumes show softness early in 2023
While overall truckload freight volume is holding steady for now, according to the latest ATA Truckload Tonnage Index, recent less-than-truckload
‘Shipping air’: 75% of containers arriving in the U.S. return home empty
When you look at where and what comes into the U.S. in loaded import containers and what goes out as
A deeper analysis of the intermodal market
On a recent FreightVine podcast hosted by Prof. Chris Caplice, Senior Editor at the Journal of Commerce (JOC), Ari Ashe
Flatbed Report: Texas is Still the Place to be for Flatbed Carriers
Texas flatbed carriers are enjoying some of the best outbound spot rates in the past seven years. At an average
Centipedes on wheels: How Michigan trucks do less road damage than you’d think
Sept. 21, 2022 – It’s hard to escape just how different trucks are in Michigan.
It’s a thankless job, but someone’s got to do it.
Every year the American Trucking Association celebrates the hard work of the 3.6 million professional men and women who not only deliver our goods safely, securely, and on time but also keep our highways safe.
Lessons learned from operating reefer motors in the Australian Outback
Aug. 31, 2022 – Bob McMillan’s driving career covers over 6 million miles hauling refrigerated freight across one of the hottest continents on the planet.
With a $6 bet and a load of spoiled chickens, refrigerated trucking was born in 1938
Aug. 10, 2022 – Some of the greatest corporate names in American business history have something in common – they can trace their origins back to the need to keep food fresh.