As the economy enters post-July 4 patterns DAT Freight & Analytics expects contract rates to remain elevated at least through the fall. Truckload freight volumes reached new levels in June and spot and contract rates stayed in record territory as surging retail imports and peak produce shipments fueled demand for transportation services, according to DAT. […]
According to DAT Freight & Analytics, the weeks leading up to Independence Day typically mark an annual peak in spot truckload freight volume and rates. Except of last year, this year follows a more typical pattern: The rates for vans, reefers, flatbeds are on average 70 cents per mile higher than at this time in […]
Truckers traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike except for the Southern Beltway (PA Turnpike 576) west of Pittsburgh should expect a 5% toll increase that will take effect in early 2022. This will apply for both E-ZPass and Toll By Plate. According to The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission toll for a Class-5 tractor trailer will increase from […]
Researchers from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute ARE NOW FOCUSED ON HOW TIGHT is a TRUCK PARKING IN TEXAS. THE STUDY IS BASED up north from Huntsville, Texas where Dan Middleton with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute has placed sensors at the entrance and exit of a truck parking lot in order to determine how […]