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Van rates slipped 2.6% lower last week on the spot freight market. At the same time, financial markets continued to

Bryan Martin is President of 4-State Trucks, a provider of after-market parts and solutions for heavy-duty trucks. 4-State Trucks is

A good dispatcher is both diplomat and den mother. But many dispatchers get little, if any, formal training beyond how

Here are my top five predictions for trucking in 2013: 1. Fuel prices will decline by 10 cents per gallon,

I’m a numbers guy, but I’m also an optimist. I look at the last-minute agreement in Congress to avoid the

Of all the figures I saw during 2012, the rate of driver turnover in the truckload market really caught my

There’s a perception that trucking companies just need higher rates in order to be profitable. No doubt, rates are part

If you’re waiting for the Inflation Monster to rear its ugly head….you can keep waiting. Declining energy costs and a

Certain trends in supply chain design have emerged over a number of years, seemingly in slow motion. In an effort

The economy is not recovering fully in 2012, but it’s not in recession, either. U.S. Gross National Product (GDP) is

2012 was a year full of rulings, but few of them took immediate effect. Headlines in 2013 will likely focus

November Rates Rise in Post-Storm Surge Van rates rose 4.8% on the spot market in November to an average of