Although the roads will be rough and difficult to drive for awhile, Mark Montague of DAT Solutions says there will always be some truckers up to the task and that will cost shippers more money.
DAT Solutions LLC says pricing on the spot truckload market for dry-van transport rose 11% last month.
Normal shipping patterns are upended as goods flow into Houston for restocking and rebuilding while little flows out; some truckers hesitate to accept loads
Like the summer weather in many parts of the country, the current state of the truckload contract and spots market remains in a good spot. That’s the word from DAT Solutions, a subsidiary of Roper Technologies, based on different data sets it has i
When diesel fuel prices soared a few years ago, natural gas was heralded as an affordable, abundant and domestically sourced alternative fuel that fleets could rely on for years. But as diesel prices stabilized, natural gas lost some of its luster, a
Now that the drought has ended, shipping volumes are showing signs of a rebound, experts said. “The [trucking] numbers that California was running were subpar up until May [of this year], and then we were seeing a lot stronger numbers in May versus
In the B2B world, where businesses tend to compete on price, DAT Solutions stands out as a shining example of a service-oriented company that prides itself on delivering value to customers. “Customers for Life” has been a core value at DAT more t
Improving freight demand could signal brighter days ahead for transportation companies—if they can persuade retailers and manufacturers to pay more for shipping. Trucking and logistics firms should give their outlooks for the rest of the year as th
Events such as Amazon’s Prime Day are helping the trucking industry in historically one of the weakest months of the year, a transportation analyst said. Trucking/transportation analyst Brad Delco of Stephens wrote an industry note, titled "Christm
The International Customer Management Institute awarded DAT Solutions, a freight marketplace and information provider established in 1978 as a load finder service, first place in the "Best Small Contact Center" division during its 13th annual global