Spot market freight availability remained strong in November compared to the year before, according to the DAT North American Freight Index. For the fifth consecutive month, freight availability continued to outpace levels seen in recent years – an
Truckload carriers are raising their rates to cover increased costs from the new hours-of service rule, but not enough to keep up with the estimated loss of productivity, says Mark Montague of DAT, the load matching and analytic services company.
A useful feature — or curse, depending on how you see it — of shopping from large online retailers like Amazon, Target and eBay is the suggestions they give you for purchases. These appear on their websites while you shop and in advertisements on
While trucking continues rolling during the partial shutdown of the federal government, an often used weekly roundup of fuel prices from the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has been sidelined due to a lack of funding, but t
DAT is now offering RateView, a tool for seeing real-time rates so carriers can identify the highest-paying route options. RateView allows carriers to see market rates paid by shippers as well as current spot market rates on all lanes in the U.S. and
Draw a big, red circle around July 1 on your calendar. That's the date when the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration will officially begin enforcing the new hours of service regulations for all commercial motor vehicles that are involved in i
DAT, a business unit of TransCore, announced that 25 percent more equipment types are available on its DAT 3sixty and TruckersEdge load boards to help flatbed and other specialty load providers — freight brokers, 3PLs and shippers — move freight
Many shippers could save money by taking advantage of the substantial spot market for transportation. Watch this video to see how the spot market often consists of backhaul equipment that would otherwise move empty.
Reaching the highest-ever volume for the month of January, the DAT North American Freight Index increased 42% last month compared to January 2012.
According to data drawn from its DAT Trendlines and the DAT Network of load boards, TransCore DAT has found that spot-market capacity in the truckload market increased 17% in September, compared to the same month a year ago.