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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 20, 2024

Uber Freight Adds Spot Loads to Exchange Platform

Uber Freight Exchange: Spot aims to aggregate spot freight for motor carriers, starting with loads from hundreds of shippers in Uber Freight’s managed transportation business and brokerage.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 21, 2024

Bosch: New RevX Dispatcher Optimization Tool Makes it Easier to Find Freight

The Bosch RevX dispatcher optimization tool is designed to make navigating the spot market easier by efficiently booking optimal loads and reducing empty miles.

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Newsby StaffNovember 21, 2023

Freight Recession: Signs of Improvement?

The freight recession continues to bump along the bottom, with the spot market continuing to be battered by overcapacity amidst freight demand that is somewhat improved but still soft.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 25, 2023

Higher Trailer Build Forecast, Class 8 Backorders Easing

ACT Research analysts expect higher trailer build numbers in 2023 and 2024, but there are clouds, while Class 8 2023 build backlogs will continue to decline, as the rebalancing of the freight market is being drawn out.

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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 Wayne ParhamJune 9, 2023

Analysis Shows Shifting Port Patterns, Spot Market Bottom

What can shifting patterns of port use and the related impact on intermodal, the spot market reaching bottom, and orders for Class 8 tractors and trailers tell us about the health of the trucking industry? Find out what FTR said in its State of Freight webinar.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeOctober 26, 2022

Why This Economic Cycle is Different for Trucking

A recession during the first half of 2023 is looking more likely, but the unusual nature of this economic and trucking cycle should help keep trucking from feeling the brunt of it.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeFebruary 17, 2022

Fuel Prices, Tight Capacity Push Spot Rates Higher

Spot truckload freight hit new highs in January, nearly $1 a mile higher than a year ago, according to DAT Freight & Analytics, even as the number of loads moved dropped throughout the month.

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Newsby StaffMay 7, 2021

DAT: Spot Truckload Rates Soar

Spot truckload rates remained near all-time highs during the week ending May 3, one year after bottoming out as U.S. economies closed during the pandemic.

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Newsby StaffMarch 19, 2021

DAT: February Truckload Rates Jump

Truckload freight pricing rose and national average load-to-truck ratios for dry van and refrigerated freight hit record highs in February.

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