FreightCaviar: Automation scales from highways to rail, brokers face heat over illegal CDLs, ATA rethinks the “driver shortage,” and more in today’s newsletter.
The numbers don’t lie. Freight’s biggest problem isn’t tech or regulation, it’s the economy. From $140M tariff hits to 48K layoffs, the pressure’s everywhere. We break it down in today's feature.
Journal of Commerce: Shrinking capacity pushing up US reefer truck rates
An emerging supply-demand imbalance in refrigerated (reefer) trucking is pushing more freight to the spot market and increasing upward pressure on short-term rates as the peak trucking season begins.
Logistics Management: DAT data shows early holiday momentum with rising spot rates and falling diesel prices
Data recently issued on the DAT One Network provided to LM by DAT Freight & Analytics highlighted various truckload spot market metrics, for the week of October 19-25.
Refrigerated loads posted to the DAT One truckload spot market in the week ended Oct. 25, up 9% from the week before, with demand to move goods ahead of Thanksgiving starting to build