loads News Updates

Business

DAT Solutions, Getloaded to Merge Into One Load Board

DAT Solutions and Getloaded will merge their two databases and launch one unified load board before the end of the year, the two companies announced Oct. 13.

October 14, 2016
Business

Future Megaload Shipments Worry Idaho Tribe

Nez Perce tribal members are calling for standing against future oversize shipments on U.S. Highway 12 in Idaho.

September 27, 2016
Business

Odyssey Logistics Constructing Transload Facility in Joliet, Illinois

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. said it has begun construction of a new 121,680-square-foot metals transload facility in Joliet, Illinois. The facility will be operated by Odyssey鈥檚 subsidiary CMI Logistics.

August 30, 2016
Business

Truckload Pricing Ticks Up After Pressure in First Half

Recent reports that track freight rates could be showing initial signs of improvement in truckload pricing, which has been under intensified pressure this year.

August 29, 2016
Business

With Funding in Place, Construction to Start on Kansas Transload Facility

The Kansas Department of Transportation announced Aug. 8 that it will provide $4.5 million in funding for construction of the Garden City transload facility.

August 22, 2016
Business

Most Truckload Profits Drop in 4Q as Freight Demand Slows

Truckload fleets that reported fourth-quarter earnings last week largely trailed the year-earlier quarter amid growing weakness in freight markets.

February 1, 2016
Business

Rail Traffic Worrisome for US Economy, Bank of America Says

It's not the jobs report or the latest housing data but railway cargo that has analysts at Bank of America concerned.

January 11, 2016
Business

Truckload Rate Growth Eases as Freight Demand Sputters

The recent strong growth in rates is slowing as freight demand wanes and capacity loosens, industry statistics show.

November 1, 2015
Business

Truck It Smart's Load Board Takes to the Cloud

The freight-matching service Truck It Smart, of Haines City, Florida, said it integrated its TIS v.3.6 load-board software with Transport Pro Inc., based in Nashville, a cloud-based freight-management and financial system.

August 27, 2015
Business

Spot Load Availability Increases; Rates Fall

Van and reefer load availability increased for the third consecutive week, but so did the availability of equipment, DAT Solutions聽reported.聽The availability contributed to lower national average spot market rates for van, refrigerated and flatbed loads.

August 19, 2015