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Usually when more truckloads start moving, rates quickly follow the volume trend up. Rates did rise rapidly at the end

My colleague Kevin Scullin summarized the changes to the Hours of Service (HOS) in his recent blog post. It started

Draw a big, red circle around July 1 on your calendar. That’s the date when the Federal Motor Carriers Safety

Rate trends are actually a series of snapshots.We see the trends emerge the way we see motion in a flip-book.

Seasonal demand is putting the squeeze on truckload capacity throughout the Sun Belt. One big source of demand is produce

It feels like we’ve been waiting a long time to see freight volume and rates rise on the spot market

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Large retail companies routinely pay a premium for trucking capacity and consistency, according to comments by transportation managers at a

We typically expect rates to surge at this time of year — for reefers, of course, but also for vans

Got reefers? It’s time to move ’em on down to produce markets in the Southern states. Spring is finally here.

Usually, the trend in the load-to-truck ratio is strongly associated with a similar trend in freight rates. Last week, however,

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