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Spot market flatbed rates normally peak in Q2, but this year they hit their high mark in early July. Since

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Reefer rates and volumes continued their summer slide. The load-to-truck ratio was down 16.8% last week, meaning there’s a lot

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After declining for several weeks, van rates seem to have turned a corner. The national average rate for May so

It’s been a slow spring for fresh produce, but there are some hot spots, especially in the southernmost states. Freight

After a strong first quarter, flatbed freight has slowed in April. It’s been a wet month throughout the country, and

You’ve lined up shipper customers and jumped through all the legal hurdles to start your very own freight brokerage. One

It’s still early in the spring, but the refrigerated truckload sector is not picking up any momentum yet. I wouldn’t

The end of Q1 was relatively quiet on the truckload spot market. Van freight volumes did increase more than 6%

It looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer for a spring surge. The spot market appeared heading for

Just as rates were about to turn around, they took another hit last week. Extreme weather closed highways and forced