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Truckload rates were down across the board in January, but it wasn’t for lack of demand. Spot market freight availability held steady last month compared to December, according to the DAT Freight Index. Trucks were plentiful, however, and...
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DAT Freight Index numbers indicate truckload freight volumes slipped 27% in December 2018 against last year’s numbers. Load availability has trended downward since August as capacity loosened and trucks were more available. Despite the downturn...
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In a year-end summary filed with its parent company, DAT Solutions has announced that sales of its online DAT Broker TMS software hit an all-time high in 2018 and have more than doubled in the past two years. “When DAT introduced the cloud-base...
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Spot market freight volume and rates slid in November for most equipment types. According to the DAT Freight Index, November volume was 2.5% lower month over month, and 24% percent under last year’s extraordinary seasonal mark. Freight ra...
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Hurricanes in Asia and on our Eastern Seaboard slowed seasonal freight flows in October, leading to truckload transportation delays at U.S. ports. As a result, spot market freight availability hit a low point for the year in October, according to the...
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Portland, OR – DAT Solutions announced integration of the company’s loadboard, freight rates, load tracking and other products into the transportation management software (TMS) of six partner companies including HaulFox, Strategy Systems...
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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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