Cargo Business News: Trucking Trends – Why Freight Brokers Need to Know Their ABCs
As legislative deadlines go, Jan. 1 loomed large in California where Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which makes it harder for gig-economy companies like Uber and Postmates to qualify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees, was set to
TBP: Truck orders to remain low in 2020, tonnage up slightly in January
So far this year, spot rates have not been high enough to encourage a greater amount of new orders. Dry-van spot rates fell 4.4% in January, from the same month in 2019, according to DAT Solutions.
SCMR: A Market-Based Pricing Model for Transportation Contracts
Real-world results: MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics uses DAT rate index in partnership with a leading shipper to develop more responsive long-term transportation contracts.
JOC: DAT brings $68 billion in data to rate forecasting
DAT Solutions is using predictive analytics technology to sift through more than $68 billion in annual spot and contract transactions to give cargo owners a better sense of what they could be paying for trucking over the next 12 months...
Heavy Duty Trucking: Q&A – DAT Analytics Guru Explains how Freight Forecasting Works
DAT Solutions announced a pilot program for a suite of new rate forecasting and market analysis tools in January ahead of a commercial launch in April. In this HDT interview, Ken Adamo, chief analytics officer, and Eileen Hart, vice president of mark
Supply Chain Dive: NRF – Coronavirus could cause 13% import drop at US ports
Major U.S. ports could see a nearly 13% drop in containerized retail imports in February, down to 1.41 million TEUs, due to extended production shutdowns caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China, according to the National Retail Federation's Globa