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Infographics
Top freight markets in 2018
We look at the top freight markets broken down by flatbed, dry van, and reefer van.
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Economics
Economic data points continue to trend positive for trucking
Probably to no great surprise to attendees in the room, American Trucking Associations’ Chief Economist Bob Costello painted a very…
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Market Insight
Weekly freight barometers stabilizing
The Dry Van Weekly Barometer is predicting stronger contract pricing in coming months. Even though it has pulled back from…
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Market Insight
Indexes continue to predict strong contract pricing will continue
All three modes of truckload freight are reflecting an environment in which demand exceeds capacity by a wide margin, which…
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Economics
Weekly van, reefer barometers pull back as seasonality strikes market
After setting one record high after another in the early weeks of 2018, the weekly DAT Dry Van and Reefer…
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Market Insight
ELDs hurting flatbed carriers more than other modes
As the trucking industry continues to broadly install and learn to use the ELDs, there are beginning to be large…
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Economics
Construction activity stalls, with implications for freight markets
Construction spending in the economy remains essentially unchanged since the start of the year, as the sector continues to disappoint…
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Economics
Loadless in Seattle
Container traffic into the Port of Seattle is down 22.6% YTD, starving the city of freight. Trucking spot rates have…
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Economics
Sometimes change happens quickly – Part Deux
In a mere seven months, the trucking marketplace has gone from over-capacitized to the most under-capacitized in recent history as…
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