Category: Market Update

Know a driver who deserves a little recognition? Nominate him or her to be the DAT Driver of the Month.

Note: Mark Montague is on vacation. Oddly enough, van rates rose last week. Not a lot, but you don’t expect

Note: Mark Montague is on vacation. An unseasonal surge of freight availability boosted spot market rates in November, but we’re

It pays to get a receipt for every single business expense. But those little slips of paper are hard to

Of all the figures I saw during 2012, the rate of driver turnover in the truckload market really caught my

There’s a perception that trucking companies just need higher rates in order to be profitable. No doubt, rates are part

This week we watched in horror as gunmen opened fire on shoppers here in Oregon and days later, on schoolchildren

If you’re waiting for the Inflation Monster to rear its ugly head….you can keep waiting. Declining energy costs and a

Certain trends in supply chain design have emerged over a number of years, seemingly in slow motion. In an effort

The economy is not recovering fully in 2012, but it’s not in recession, either. U.S. Gross National Product (GDP) is

2012 was a year full of rulings, but few of them took immediate effect. Headlines in 2013 will likely focus

November Rates Rise in Post-Storm Surge Van rates rose 4.8% on the spot market in November to an average of