RadioNemo: DAT Guy: Market Insights with Dean Croke – Reefer Slowdown, Ghost Fleets & The People’s Tree
In this edition of DAT Guy on Road Gang Radio, host Jimmy Mac and co-host Dean Croke, Principal Market Analyst at DAT Freight & Analytics, break down the latest trends shaping the freight market this November. With Dean’s decades of real-world experience — from his 2 million over-the-road miles as an owner-operator to his role leading analytics at DAT — this is the deep dive every carrier, broker, and shipper needs.
American Journal of Transportation: DAT spot truckload rate and posting data for Nov. 2-7, 2025 (week 45)
Load posts on DAT One held steady during the week of Nov. 2-7, dipping 3% to 2.13 million. The number of load posts has been firm from week to week, averaging 2.19 million over the last 16 weeks. Truck posts increased 3% to 239,406 last week.
CCJ Digital: Will AI infrastructure and data centers move the trucking needle?
Tech giants continue to boost artificial intelligence spending. Google has projected capital expenditures of $91 to $93 billion for 2025, a significant increase from its earlier forecast of $85 billion. Microsoft’s spending rose 74% to reach $34.9 billion this year. Meanwhile, Meta’s investments climbed from $9.2 billion to $19.37 billion year over year.
The Trucker: Spot truckload rates cooled ahead of Halloween
Load posts on the DAT One load board dipped by 6% to 2.16 million last week and truck posts declined for the third straight week, slipping 9% to 221,480.
CCJ Digital: FMCSA’s CDL crackdown is fracturing freight networks
The truckload market faces mounting volatility following the FMCSA’s ruling on non-domiciled CDLs and English language proficiency requirements, according to a recent report.
Logistics Management: 2025 Digital Freight Matching Roundtable: From spot chaos to smart capacity
AI-driven digital freight matching tools are giving brokers and shippers the agility to thrive in a volatile market—automating workflows, tightening utilization, and reshaping the economics of freight. Our esteemed panel shares how this now critical market is evolving
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.