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My wife and I haven’t even purchased our Thanksgiving turkey yet, but the Christmas tree lots are popping up all

It has become a standard exercise to provide rates in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) from your shipper

A lot of carriers are now on the cusp of their “slow season,” a lull in freight activity that typically

Freight is booming in mid-November. Rail intermodal containers have been increasing rapidly for the past month. Spot market truckload freight

When River Place Logistics of Raleigh, North Carolina, launched in 2009, the founders encountered a problem they hadn’t anticipated—the credit

When Keypoint customers consider adding the Document Management module to their logistics software, they often think they’ll achieve the most

Rates remained high for vans in October, compared to 2012. The national average rate for vans, the most common trailer

Investment analysts see indicators of a recovery in the manufacturing sector, particularly in the Midwest, but current trends in truckload

The ATA just released its seasonally adjusted For-Hire Trucking Tonnage Index for September, and the index posted its largest year-over-year

The government appears poised to return to full capacity, and weekly reports are likely to resume soon from agencies of

On October 1, the FMCSA issued a Final Rule that adopts regulations required by MAP-21. The rule includes the provision

VAN – Rates Hold Up in Mid-October While the national average van rates appear to have lost 3¢ last week,