U.S. Bank and DAT Freight & Analytics announced Tuesday a collaboration to launch a new quarterly research report on U.S. truck freight rates. The new report complements the existing U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index, which the bank has published quarterly since 2017. While the Freight Payment Index focuses on shipment volumes and spending data derived from $43 billion in annual freight payments, the Rates Edition focuses on contract rates, spot rates and fuel surcharges using DAT data and analytics. The ...