Month: September 2025

Cash flow can make or break a trucking business. Freight factoring has emerged as a financial lifeline for carriers of all sizes, offering a way to turn invoices into immediate working capital. By selling outstanding invoices to a factoring company, carriers are paid quickly, often within twenty-four hours, rather than waiting weeks or even months… Continue reading How Freight Factoring Accelerates Growth for Carriers

Shippers need fast, reliable data right in their daily tools. Toggling between systems or waiting for reports adds steps and speed bumps to getting work done. Integrations, then, become critical to modern shipping operations. That’s why we offer a suite of freight rate APIs for shippers.  We’re proud to partner with leading TMS, RFP, and… Continue reading How DAT’s integration ecosystem transforms freight rate intelligence for modern shippers

Trucking activity in the United States slipped in June as the freight market eroded during the last two months of the second quarter. Specifically, truck freight tonnage decreased 0.4% after falling 0.1% in May, according to the American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. Get the clearest, most accurate view of the… Continue reading Flatbed report: Truckload tonnage slips in June

The container shipping industry faced a challenging second quarter in 2025, recording its third consecutive quarterly decline in earnings. The industry’s net income fell to $4.4 billion, a 56% drop from the first quarter’s $9.9 billion and a 63.7% decrease from the $12 billion earned in the second quarter of 2024. This decline is attributed… Continue reading Earnings growth outlook ‘bleak’ as ocean shipping profits plunge 56% in Q2

Freight broker FitzMark announced Monday that is has completed the acquisition of fellow Indianapolis-based 3PL Hometown Logistics. Founded in 2018, Hometown Logistics has more than 100 employees working out of brokerage offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Nashville, Tennessee, in addition to Indianapolis. The acquisition will help expand FitzMark’s existing dryvan and flatbed truckload offerings. Financial… Continue reading FitzMark acquires fellow Indianapolis-based 3PL