The only thing that did not work during the soft market were the actual wages for American truck drivers.
I like the volatile market. I hope it keeps ripping. Yea it sucks when you are in it, but the real ones will make it through.
I am ready for more elimination. Brokers, carriers, PE, AI. You name it there is probably something I can find that I don’t like.
There are way too many people that think AI bots, or subsidizing shipper rates is the future of logistics. It’s all just pure bullshit to me. The soft market allowed too many weak companies in, and those weak companies have now created difficult times.
DAT's models are breaking.
DAT's data worked during a soft market because little changed outside of seasonality.
That all changed as the freight market heated up, starting in November of last year.
This is why SONAR has seen the highest number of new SONAR logos in our history over the past two months.
We call it the SONAR surge.
Clients realize they need high frequency data that doesn't lag and doesn't rely upon load board postings to interpret the market.