Spot market demand increases for sixth straight month

PORTLAND, OR — The DAT North American Freight Index rose 8% in December, capping off an extraordinarily strong month for spot truckload freight and six straight months of increased volume, said DAT Solutions, which operates the largest trucking load board network. E-commerce and grocery items were major sources of December freight for what is usually a queit period on the spot market. (DAT Solutions LLC is a subsidiary of Roper Technologies a diversified technology company.) …Read the rest of this story

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