Category: Market Update

Are you ready for cold starts, gelled fuel, and iced-up fuel filters?

In a recent DAT Freight & Analytics blog post, I wrote about preparing for winter driving. This week, we’re exploring

Demand remains uncertain for carriers as we move through the peak season in trucking. In the latest Trucking Ton-Mile Index

Around this time of the year, the production of leafy greens moves from major growing regions to California’s Coachella and

The flatbed market has been flat for most of 2023, with very little good news on the horizon. Still, Daseke,

Overtime pay for truckers gains momentum It’s hard to believe that in 2023, truckers, one of the most essential elements

Demand for flatbed carriers continues to be the flattest in the last seven years, as spot market load post volumes

According to Wells Fargo’s Chief Agricultural Economist Michael Swanson, Midwest and Southwest reefer volumes in the frozen food category are

We could be witnessing a reversal of last year’s diversion of import volumes away from the West Coast to the

You can’t always stay below I-40 when it’s below 40° Even the most experienced drivers struggle with icy roads and

My local farmstand proprietor in New England told me last week he had considered not selling Christmas trees this year

The title of this entry is a common road trip question and one of the most frequent at DAT Freight

Despite many Americans’ aversion to having to “spring forward” and “fall back” each year with daylight saving time (DST), recent