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Miami is the epicenter of dozens of 747 Jumbo jets loaded with flowers arriving from South America, including Colombia and Ecuador. According to the USDA, 90% of roses, carnations, tulips, and orchids arrived from these flower powerhouses last year. Both are just 3.5 hours from Miami by air freighter, making it the ideal distribution for…
The combined Ports of Los Angeles (LA) and Long Beach (LB) are typically the number one and three ports for total monthly import containerized volume, respectively. They’re also in the top five freight markets nationally, accounting for 4% of weekly truckload post (LP) volume. Around a third of imports arrive in Los Angeles monthly, with…
Sun-drenched Western states have a solar energy boom, which means a substantial volume of inbound freight for flatbed carriers. As of July last year, nearly 100 solar plant applications were pending in Nevada, creating what conservationists call an energy industrial revolution. According to Greg Helseth, renewable energy branch chief at the Nevada state office of the…
As Valentine’s Day rolls around, observe the logistical ballet that unfolds in Miami, a city that temporarily sheds its “freight desert” moniker to become a pivotal hub for the holiday. The weeks leading up to February 14th see a remarkable surge in truckload freight activity, primarily driven by one item: flowers. See seasonal trends happening…
New Jersey, representing around 2% of weekly spot market truckload volume, provides a critical link in the national freight network and provides direct access to the major freight markets on the East Coast and Midwest. Truckload carriers can quickly move freight on major U.S. highways, including I-87, I-95, I-84, I-78, I-80, I-280, and I-278. The…
Welcome to DAT Freight & Analytics’s six-part series on napping, sleep physiology, scheduling, and trip planning. While aimed at truckers in high-risk operating environments, the information will benefit anyone in the logistics industry equally. This week, we’ll explore sleep physiology and how to get better quality sleep from less time in bed. How much sleep…
You’re only as powerful as your tools allow. That’s why we’re constantly reworking and improving industry-standard tools in DAT One and DAT iQ to help our customers thrive. January’s Launch & Learn covered new product changes and showed brokers how they can thrive in 2024. Below is a recap of the new updates we’ve made: …
The Columbus freight market, the largest of four in Ohio, is poised to become an even larger one for truckload carriers following a series of major construction projects. According to U.S. Commerce Department officials, Intel’s decision to build two factories near Columbus is becoming one of two semiconductor manufacturing clusters being developed as part of…
Welcome to DAT Freight & Analytics’s six-part series on napping, sleep physiology, scheduling, and trip planning. While aimed at truckers in high-risk operating environments, the information will benefit anyone in the logistics industry equally. This week, we’ll start the series by exploring the art of napping. Some progressive companies encourage sleeping on the job, while…