The number of available loads on the DAT network of load boards jumped a full 7% during the week ending Nov. 19. Balanced against a 2% gain in posted trucks, national average load-to-truck ratios picked up across the board: + Van L/T: 2.9 (up 5%) + Reefer L/T: 6.7 (up 4%) + Flatbed L/T: 15.0 (up 6.0%) Van volumes […]
DAT Solutions is now offering a web-based version of its popular freight brokering service on what it calls a “low monthly subscription” basis. Called Keypoint Anywhere, the entry provides new and small brokerages, as well as carriers brokering freight, full-featured transportation management software available via the Internet. It is designed strictly for brokering freight, utilizing […]
The national average spot market van rate hit a peak of $1.98 per mile during the week ending Feb. 22, according to DAT Trendlines, a composite of the DAT network of load boards. The rate—13% higher compared to the same week in 2013—has been pushed by increasing load volume (up 12% last week) and tighter […]
A new measure from the DAT North American Spot Freight Index shows that freight volume rose 10 percent in December compared to November, capping two quarters of unusually strong seasonal volume. Typically, freight levels peak in Q2, fall in Q3, and remain low through year end, but this year’s pattern formed a high plateau through […]
Spot market freight availability rose 1.9 percent in October, to a level that is atypically high for the season, according to the DAT North American Freight Index. Year over year, freight volume increased 24 percent, setting a same-month record for the fourth consecutive month. Load availability has remained elevated in the second half of the […]
Spot market freight volumes reported by the DAT North American Freight Index rose 0.4% in August compared to July. Freight typically peaks on the spot market in June, but this year the robust volumes continued through the entire summer. Month-over-month, load availability increased 3.1% for vans and 3.8% for refrigerated (“reefer”) trailers while flatbed load […]
