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When you started your brokerage, keeping your customers satisfied was a main concern. You wanted to know everything about them

This article was contributed by Mike Curts, marketing director of Driver Solutions and co-founder of eGears. Lately, it seems that

We are more than halfway through the year, and I am gratified to see that most of my predictions for

Van rates finally began to drop last week on the spot market. I say “finally” because rates rose at the

Contract rates are beginning to rise, in response to capacity constraints, according to new data in DAT RateView. Van rates

Your truck is stuck in a city where your usual backhaul is not available, or the rates you’ve been offered

Fruit and vegetable harvests began and ended later in Texas and Florida, and crops have been either delayed or accelerated

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that it will provide nearly $1 million in grants to train

Electronic signatures have been accepted by the legal community for more than a decade, but many freight brokers are still

Van and flatbed rates rebounded this week, following “Backhaul Tuesday.” Van rates jumped 4¢ per mile as a national average

A recent survey we conducted demonstrates that most brokers—or at least most brokers on the DAT Network—are aware of requirements

Spot market rates tend to vary by the day of the week: Rates go up on Mondays, as trucks start