Van and flatbed TVI were down 1% and 5%, respectively After gaining momentum throughout the year, last month’s spot truckload freight volumes retreated to their lowest point since January, said DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service. The DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI) declined for […]
The number of loads on the DAT One marketplace fell to 1.89 million last week, down 14.7% Freight Trends from DAT One and DAT iQ. Spot market data for Dec 7-13, 2024 (Week 50) Van linehaul rate increased for the fifth straight weekSpot load and truck posts eased last week. The number of loads on […]
Forecast for freight volume next year is a bit weaker than it was previously, but we also have tightened our capacity assumption a bit based on preliminary government data regarding trucking employment FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for October improved to 0.49 from -2.47 in September, indicating improved conditions for carriers. Stronger utilization, lower capital costs, […]
Stevens Transport has committed to transitioning its entire fleet of 2,500 trucks to Dragonfly Energy’s lithium power solutions Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. energy storage and battery technology, has secured a large purchase order for delivery of the Company’s Battle Born® All-Electric APUs from Stevens Transport, Inc., (“Stevens Transport”) one of the largest temperature-controlled freight carriers […]
H.E.L.P.® Alerts notify oncoming vehicles if a driverless truck powered by Plus becomes disabled Plus, a leading innovator in autonomous driving software solutions, announced a strategic partnership to integrate H.E.L.P.® Alerts from Emergency Safety Solutions (ESS) with Plus’s Level 4 autonomous trucking solution, SuperDrive™. This collaboration is a part of Plus’s mission to ensure its self-driving technology […]
ATRI’s analysis also found that the trucking industry wasted over 6.4 billion gallons of diesel fuel in 2022 due to congestion, resulting in additional fuel costs of $32.1 billion Traffic congestion on U.S. highways added $108.8 billion in costs to the trucking industry in 2022 according to the latest Cost of Congestion study published by the American Transportation Research Institute […]
