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PORTLAND, Ore. - Freight resumed a seasonal pattern on the spot market in September, with a month-over-month decline of 14 percent. Compared to September 2017, volume dropped 30 percent, influenced by a steep drop in demand for flatbed equipment, com...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Spot market freight availability dropped in August for the second month, due mostly to a sharp decline in demand for flatbed equipment. A seasonal lull in searches for dry van trailers, the most common equipment type, also cont...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Spot market freight availability dropped sharply in July, returning to typical seasonal levels after an all-time peak in June. Volume fell 29 percent month over month, but increased 3.4 percent compared to July 2017. The declin...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — DAT Solutions announced today that their DAT Keypoint broker transportation management software has added a new module that integrates DAT OnTime load tracking service. This optional module makes exact load locations visible on...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Demand for truckload shipments faced off against capacity shortfalls, boosting truckload rates to new heights on the spot market in June, according to DAT Solutions, which operates North America’s largest load board mark...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Demand for spot market truckload shipments reached new heights in May, according to the DAT North American Freight Index. Seasonal shipments, along with rising fuel costs, pushed freight rates higher in May, with dry van and re...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Spot truckload freight volume had the strongest April on record, despite slipping 6.8 percent lower, a common seasonal trend. Compared to the same month in 2017, freight availability rose 32 percent, according to the DAT North ...
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PORTLAND, Ore., DATE — Spot truckload freight availability rebounded in March, to set a new 20-year record for the DAT North American Freight Index. The 38 percent increase in volume, year over year, was due largely to extraordinary demand for ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. — DAT Solutions announced today the introduction of DAT OnTime, a load tracking application that enables freight brokers and third party logistics (3PL) professionals to monitor the location and status of their managed freight ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. – DAT Solutions announced new integrations of the company’s load board and freight rates into the transportation management software (TMS) products at five partner companies. These partnerships benefit the mutual cust...
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