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Category: Market Update

Sweet times for carriers hauling strawberries to the Big Apple

As temperatures warm, we transition from fruits and vegetables grown abroad in the southern hemisphere (and some warmer U.S. markets)

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It’s peak-shipping season for Mother’s Day

Approximately 83% of U.S. adults are expected to spend an estimated $28.1 billion celebrating this year’s Mother’s Day, according to

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High import traffic creates ripple effects for truckload freight

Unprecedented levels of container imports continue to flood port markets. The West Coast ports in particular saw increased traffic where

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Import volumes break 110-year old record

The Port of Los Angeles and neighboring Port of Long Beach comprise the San Pedro Bay Port Complex, which handles

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Vidalia shipments to add to already tight capacity crunch

Each year Vidalia Onion devotees eagerly await the announcement of the “pack date” – the time shoppers will soon be

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Spot market continues to grow as a percentage of total freight

Typically, the split between contract and spot freight is somewhere in the 85/15 range – maybe closer to 90% contract

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Suez Canal disruptions could have ripple effects through summer

One week after one of the world’s largest container vessels lost control and ran aground, blocking the Suez Canal, over

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Is now a good time to buy a truck?

We get asked this question the most in our DAT iQ Weekly Update: Is now a good time to buy

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March’s freight trends throw seasonality out the window

The spot market rollercoaster ride is unprecedented in many ways, with 2021 already beating records set in 2020. March is

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Retailers are still playing catchup with depleted inventories

Last week, two data points and one jaw-dropping chart suggested that there’s still no end in sight to the ongoing

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Bullwhip Effect: Port congestion adding costs for supply chains

At the start of the pandemic last year, supply chain expert Daniel Stanton – aka Mr. Supply Chain – spoke

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What the Polar Vortex means for freight

Winter storms wreaked havoc on freight markets last week. Add to that the lack of snow removal and road-treating equipment

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