Category: Trucking Industry Trends

DAT on 'Land Line Now' Radio: Freight, Rates Dip Slightly

What’s up with rates in January? Listen to the DAT weekly rate trend discussion with Terry Scruton of OOIDA. This

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. The biggest influences were the Four Es:

Winter is on the way, and the coming season’s weather pattern represents a big question mark for transportation and logistics

DAT Industry Pricing Analyst Mark Montague says that the spot market has seen strong growth during the past few months

The rapid growth of e-commerce has led major online retailers to re-design their supply chain models, according to Mark Montague,

Whenever a natural disaster strikes, FEMA needs trucks, warehouse space and logistics services to help with the recovery and haul

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks were already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume

Some refineries are still closed, as are many factories that make basic petrochemicals, including ethylene and propylene, that are essential

Hurricane Harvey is going to have a big impact on freight transportation and logistics in the weeks and months to

Hurricane Harvey is expected to hit South Texas and the Gulf Coast tonight or tomorrow morning, and it may remain

Broughton Capital, LLC, an independent financial research firm, has developed a set of tools for the truckload industry called “DAT