Mark Montague

Mark Montague is industry rate analyst for DAT Solutions.

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Top 10 Markets for Reefer Freight So Far

June capped an unprecedented 15-month run of spot market rate increases, likely to turn into the longest sustained period of pricing power for truckers since deregulation in 1980 before it’s done.

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Truckload Rates at Record Highs

National average spot rates were the highest in June they’ve been since January, when the spot market was first adjusting to the ELD mandate.

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Survey Says: Carriers Are Using ELDs, But at a Cost

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The Trucks Are Out There

Spot truckload van and refrigerated freight rates have been neutral in recent weeks—and that’s not bad news.

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Freight Keeps Trucking into 2018

This time last year the truckload freight market was settling into a typically softer Q1 pattern.

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What We Can Learn from Harvey and Irma

The storms tested supply chains, but also showed what a resourceful industry we can be.

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DAT Freight Report: A Sizzling Start to Summer

The robust supply of van and refrigerated truckload freight in May and June, combined with higher spot market rates and load-to-truck ratios, are signs that the freight recession is over.

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DAT Solutions Say Freight Patterns Start to Shift in Monthly Report

In April, volumes were peaking in places like Florida, California’s Imperial Valley, and along the Mexican border, and building on March’s positive trends.

December's reefer load-to-truck ratio of 8.2 was the highest in 21 months.

A Hot Winter for Spot Freight

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A 5,000-Foot View of the Freight Market

An analysis of outbound activity by region shows how local influences set trends in the spot truckload market.

Companies that handle billions of dollars of cargo at West Coast seaports said they will hire far fewer workers this weekend, the latest escalation in a contract dispute with dockworkers that threatens to shut down a vital link in U.S.-Asia trade.

Buck-a-Mile Backhauls Live On

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Featured In Food Logistics: HOS Rules And Higher Rates

There’s little doubt that the rules have hindered productivity and led to higher rates for anyone who ships freight over the road.

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HOS Rules and Higher Rates

Lawmakers in both chambers have said the temporary patch will provide time for them to finish work on a long-sought multiyear highway funding bill.

Houston, We Have A Problem

How a two-day trip becomes a three-day trip under the new HOS rules.