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Newsby Wayne ParhamJanuary 17, 2024

FTR Forecasts Only Incremental Freight Market Improvement in 2024

Avery Vise, FTR vice president of trucking, explained why the forecaster believes we'll see a sluggish freight economy for the near future.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 18, 2023

DAT: Freight Volumes Closed Strong in November

DAT Analytics reports a good November for truckload freight volumes driven by a post-Thanksgiving surge.

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Articlesby StaffOctober 26, 2023

HDT Fact Book 2023: Industry Adjusts to the Downside of the Freight Cycle

While 2022 was a challenging year for trucking, there was still growth in revenue, tonnage, employment, and other areas. In mid-2023, a number of data points appear to indicate that the current freight cycle is bottoming out. How fast it will head back up is another question.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 26, 2023

ACT Research: For-Hire Survey Suggests a Gradually Improving Freight Market

The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index shows continued improvement in freight volumes, pricing, and driver availability. This month’s reading still shows a gradually improving volume trend.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 21, 2023

DAT Truckload Volume Index: Volume Falls in July

Truckload freight volumes fell last month and national benchmark spot rates for dry van and refrigerated loads retreated from their gains in June, reported DAT Freight & Analytics.

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Newsby Wayne ParhamAugust 2, 2023

Stifel Analyst Offers Insight into Market Impact of Yellow’s Exit

With longtime trucking giant Yellow shutting down and reported to be planning to file for bankruptcy, what is the impact on the trucking industry, in particular LTL?

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Videosby Jim ParkJuly 26, 2023

How to Maximize Trailer Cargo Space [Video]

There are only so many square feet of floor space in a trailer, and some cargo just doesn’t take kindly to double-stacking. But there’s an easy way to double your floor space, as HDT's Jim Park learns in this conversation with Kinedyne’s Joe Vergeldedios.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJuly 20, 2023

Analysts Rate Freight Cycle at or Near Bottom

Several leading industry reports point toward a freight cycle that has hit bottom or will soon. DAT reports its June numbers indicate the spot rate bottom has already happened.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 17, 2023

DAT: June Data Signals Spot Rates Have Hit Bottom

Truckload freight volumes and spot rates held firm in June, while contract rates fell to their lowest points in almost two years, said DAT Freight & Analytics.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseJuly 5, 2023

SMC³ Dynamic Pricing Tool Considers Carrier-Specific Costs

The Dynamic PriceBuilder system from SMC³ pairs a carrier’s specific cost model with a flexible business rules engine to enable strategic, dynamic price generation.

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