Eyes on the road: How truckers combat human trafficking
Truckers are more than just drivers; they are constant observers of their surroundings. This makes them a powerful ally in
DAT Monthly Broker Newsletter: The holidays are here, but we aren’t slowing down
From the desk of David Scandlyn, Director of Broker Sales On Christmas Day 2020 at 14:00 ET, I pulled a
Flatbed report: The People Tree is on its way to Washington D.C.
Each holiday season, a tree, typically 60 to 85 feet tall, is chosen from one of the 154 National Forests
Reefer report: How Christmas tree season hikes PNW freight demand
Each Fall, the Willamette Valley in Oregon, a hub for North America’s Christmas tree production and helicopter harvesting, transforms into
Dry van report: U.S. freight shipments plummeted 2.9% in Q3 mid economic slowdown
The U.S. Bank National Shipments Index experienced a 2.9% decline in the third quarter, negating the 2.4% gain from the
Flatbed report: Shipping onions on a flatbed
Owyhee Produce’s Shay Myers recently stated in a social media post that they opt for flatbed trucks over reefers when
Dry van report: Freight headwinds intensify: Truckers brace for a long winter
The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report for October confirms a challenging outlook for truckload carriers, signaling that the “freight recession”
Reefer report: Restaurant Performance Index remained in contraction territory in September
The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) registered a moderate decline in September, reflecting the continuation of challenging business
Reefer report: The world record gourd weighs in at over a ton!
Brandon Dawson, a manufacturing engineer from Santa Rosa, California, won the 52nd World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the 2025 Half
Dry van report: Private fleets give shippers greater control and efficiency
U.S. shippers are increasingly turning to private, in-house truck fleets to transport goods, despite favorable rates in the for-hire market.
Flatbed report: Texas oil patch rig count hits four-year low
Flatbed carriers serving the Texas oil patch are seeing a slackening in demand as drilling in the Permian Basin slows
Dry van report: Monthly imports expected to drop below 2 million TEU as tariffs continue to rise
Even though September’s container’s import total came in at just over 2.4m TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), the nation’s major container