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Electronic Logging Devices

DAT exits ELD market, pushes forward with mobile integration

Well-known freight-matching service provider DAT is exiting the electronic logging device (ELD) market just several months after its entrance with the small-fleet/owner-operator-focused InView product.

April 4, 2016

DAT’s InView electronic logging device first reached the news in Overdrive last fall.

DAT, GetLoaded consolidate support, billing in Portland

DAT is combining customer support and billing departments with Getloaded. Operations will combined at a larger facility in Portland to handle growth. DAT and Getloaded will continue to run with separate databases of truckloads.

February 12, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

DAT jumps into the e-log market with multifunction platform

Growing integration between DAT’s core freight matching and location-based services and the new DAT InView set of compliance, tracking and vehicle-diagnostic services will drive 2016 development.

November 6, 2015

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Flatbed demand, rates flat to declining nationally

Bright spots for flatbed truck demand last week could be found in the the Pacific Northwest on DAT Load Boards. South Dakota was also a hot state for flatbeds, with concentrated demand in the Rapid City market.

September 30, 2015

Demand has declined for flatbeds in Eastern and South Central regions, partly due to reductions in the steel and energy industries, respectively. The Pacific Northwest has high load-to-truck ratios, as shown in this Hot States Map for the week of September 20-26, with the heaviest demand concentrated in Western Oregon and Northern California. South Dakota was also a hot state for flatbeds, with concentrated demand in the Rapid City market.

Van demand follows reefer up Northwest, falls nationally

Van rates held steady, meanwhile, compared to our last update but were down week over week. And: A way to get back to Chicago from Denver without breaking the bank.

September 24, 2015

With the demand dip, spot market rates for vans fell 2 cents week over week to a national average of $1.75 per mile, or even with the average shown with the last update three weeks ago. Rates are still higher on average than they were in August, but most markets slipped lower last week. California was a bright spot, with outbound rates in Stockton seeing an uptick and Los Angeles prices holding steady.

Reefer demand surge in the Pacific Northwest, other local markets

Views on load/truck-posting activity on DAT Load Boards around the nation in the refrigerated spot market. And: hauling potatoes to L.A. out of Idaho? Reposition to Phoenix before the return to maximize revenue.

September 16, 2015

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Van freight: Texas demand sees GATS effect, rates sag nationally, and volume rises

Volume ticked up for dry freight, but rates were lackluster in the past week. Some local markets with a higher van load-to-truck showed opportunity in these states: OR, WA, ID, WI, IN and PA.

September 3, 2015

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Flatbed demand: Hot states, local markets

Spot market flatbed freight availability tumbled 13 percent last week after a prior-week gain, DAT reported. Local opportunities in places like Houston, Texas, an otherwise low-demand state in the latest update.

August 27, 2015

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Spot market van freight: As volume grows slowly, pricing lags

Freight trends this week: Nationally, van rates dropped a couple cents, but opportunity exists in local markets in N.Y., Pa., Md., Va. and Ind.; Charlotte-to-Buffalo lane still ripe for triangulation.

August 20, 2015

Nationally, with volume increases continuing for vans, the load-to-truck ratio had edged up since the last update (from 1.7) but fell week-over-week slightly to 1.8 loads per truck on DAT load boards with an influx of trucks. Freight availability declined most sharply in the Midwest and California. While states like South Dakota and Vermont show as dark red in this “Hot States” map, meaning that they had high load-to-truck ratios, both had relatively few loads available, so check outbound freight volume before taking a load into those states.

Reefer leads volume boost on the spot market

Where it’s hot and where it’s not — load volume shows increases in this weekly freight trends spotlight, but rates slip a little: hot market maps and analysis for dry van, reefer and flatbed.

August 13, 2015

Reefer freight led the segments in volume increases last week with a national 8.5 percent boost. At once, rates lost another 8 cents per mile as a national average, in part due to declining fuel prices but also due to sub-par harvests in dry California. Rates trended up last week in the Northeast and Midwest, where early crops are heading to market and grocery chains are stocking up on perishable items for the back-to-school season. Outbound rates rose in a handful of markets, including: Twin Falls, Idaho; Chicago; Green Bay, Wis.; and Elizabeth, N.J.

East Coast markets — where demand is warming for dry vans

Demand has fallen in many strong areas for van freight since the last weekly trends update, but a turnaround could be approaching. Strong freight volume on the East Coast held the national load-to-truck ratio steady.

August 5, 2015

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Hot, cold states for reefer freight

Freight, rates trend of the week: A closer look at the spot market reefer segment, including; How to get back from Philadelphia to Green Bay to maximize loaded revenue.

July 29, 2015

Rates outbound from Fresno, Calif., lost an average of 6 cents per mile last week despite an increase in refrigerated freight volume. Central California is between seasons now, and load volume and rates may rise in August, however, DAT reports.

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