DAT Freight & Analytics today named Marquee Insurance Group (MIG) as its preferred liability insurance partner for motor carriers on the DAT One network, the industry’s largest marketplace for spot truckload freight.
The spot market for carriers continues to rebalance, but rates—at least for smaller fleets and owner-operators—still aren’t making up for higher current operating costs, according to four data-analysis firms that all recently weighed in on the volatile state of freight transportation.
Fleets have had their hands full. High fuel and equipment prices, labor concerns, shipping rates, inflation, and other economic factors continue to haunt businesses' bottom lines.
Fourth-quarter freight shipments fell to the lowest levels since the first quarter of 2014 as consumer spending continued to shift to services, from goods, according to a new report.
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After two years of pandemic-driven high rates and extreme demand, the trucking market is undergoing a reset, as a sense of “normalcy” returns to the market.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has issued an emergency declaration as a result of fuel shortages due to high demand, prompting an hours of service waiver for fuel haulers in the state.
We’re not far into 2023, but this year has already had its fair share of highs and lows for the tech industry.
A record number of trucks are currently listed on the DAT One network. So what does that mean for freight and rates? We’ll have the details on that and more in today’s market update.
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for December, came in at 115.2 (2015=100), for a 0.4% gain over November, which was off 2.5% compared to October. ATA also noted that calendar year 2022 tonnage rose 3.4%, marking the highest annual increase going back to 2018.