Category: Trucking Industry Trends

Driver Detention Issue Still Rankles

It’s been a few years since I sat in the dispatch chair or listened to a driver tell stories about

Map from the NOAA. California needs rain, and El Niño has brought bring plenty – along with flooding and landslides.

We recently posted a reader poll with a couple questions about detention times. We wanted to know how often your

Diesel prices fell to $2.11 per gallon last week at the pump, as a national average. If your truck gets

You’ve probably got a detention horror story or two. The stories usually start with your truck being stuck at a

Wages have stayed stagnant for most Americans, except for one group of workers: Truck drivers. Since 2013, the average annual

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National Truck Driver Appreciation Week begins on Sept. 13. Each day that week DAT will be sharing a different way

Spot market freight volume is soft, and capacity is loose. Large truckload carriers are raising their prices, but spot market

Jeff Tucker‘s guest column in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal pointed to the pivotal role of technology, including DAT Load Boards,

If you read this blog regularly, you are familiar with DAT’s perspective on the news and trends in transportation and

News headlines insist that capacity is tight, while a look at industry data often shows there is plenty of capacity.