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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

As part of our Trucking AMA series, we asked our panel of trucking insiders to share how they started their motor

Being a freight and analytics organization, we look for clues in data, especially as it relates to truckload capacity. When

The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI), which is a good indicator of demand for flatbed carriers, increased modestly

Late-season and long-lasting apples are shipping from the Grand Rapids, MI, market, where outbound capacity is tight this week. Spot

Port congestion on the West Coast in 2020 pushed import volumes farther east and closer to major population centers on

Truckload capacity is tight and expected to get tighter, but judging where truckload demand is headed remains challenging as COVID-19

The pandemic has turned many aspects of life upside down, and commercial transportation is no exception. In most years, freight

Resourcefulness is hard to measure and a difficult skill set to teach, but people who manage transportation or run trucks

With another unpredictable year ahead of us, DAT analyzed the trends from 2020 to pinpoint what to watch in the year ahead.

Dry van load post volumes on the DAT network increased 7% last week and are now up 121% year over

Flatbed load and equipment posts on the DAT network each increased 2% last week, leaving the national average flatbed load-to-truck