Spot load volumes increased for the week of September 29 through October 4, according to DAT, as shippers grappled with Hurricane Helene cleanup efforts and the short-lived East and Gulf Coast ports’ strike. Hurricane Milton, minus any strike implications, is expected to cause similar trends.
The number of loads posted to the DAT One network increased by 14.9% to 2.01 million, indicating the highest weekly tally of available loads since the week of July 7-July 13. While loads saw an increase, DAT reported that weekly truck posts declined by 16.3%, to 275,594, with the company crediting it to East Coast freight network slowing dramatically due to bad weather, and to a lesser degree, the ILA strike.
