Various factors paced spot truckload freight volumes in January, according to the new edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which issued today by DAT Freight and Analytics.
“A reboot in the truck freight market is slower than anticipated,” a U.S. Bank index report said, adding that cyclical and structural challenges remain.
From sure-fire predictions to major trends to watch, industry experts outline the year ahead.
Demand for trucks on the spot market typically rise at the end of a month as shippers clear their docks, according to DAT.
Shippers are holding their collective breath to see how a rash of uncertainties surrounding the U.S. and global economies will impact freight rates in 2025.
In this episode of Supply Chain Decoded, Jenni Ruiz sits down with Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics at DAT, to challenge some of the freight industry’s biggest misconceptions.
The population of for-hire carriers trended negative for two years. Now, analysts predict trucking's capacity to grow.
Harsh winter travel conditions across the country constrained capacity, but not enough to heat up national average spot truckload rates, according to DAT Freight & Analytics.
For-hire truck tonnage in the U.S. dipped in December, but vocational orders are soaring as infrastructure projects commence.
Utah-based Deseret Transportation’s fleet of less than 50 trucks still uses CB radios, finding them especially useful going over Donner Pass in a snowstorm, or when starting up the canyon from Laramie toward Sherman, Wyoming.