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Wall Street Journal: A Shortage of Trucks Is Forcing Companies to Cut Shipments or Pay Up

Loads far outnumber vehicles as freight volumes near records.

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DC Velocity: 2018 Could be One for the Books for Truckload Rates, Analyst Says

Truckload contract rate increases "could break records" in 2018, and are likely to remain strong for the next two years after that, a transport analyst said today.

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Freight Waves: RPM Masters: How a Facebook community is changing the game for truckers

Rate Per Mile Masters is a community that is over 18,000 people strong, connecting carriers, owner-operators, brokers, and agents in a manner and scale like has never been done before.

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Logistics Management: LTL rates seen zooming in excess of 5 percent this year

Spot rates hit an all-time record the last week of December, according to the closely watched DAT Trendlines.

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Wall Street Journal: Tight Trucking Market Has Retailers, Manufacturers Paying Steep Prices

Retailers and manufacturers grappling with an unusually tight trucking market are paying the steepest prices in years to keep their goods moving.

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JOC: Storms, surging volume reshape US truck spot market

Supply chain disruption caused by back-to-back hurricanes helped shift the top markets for spot and contract truck freight in the United States last year.

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Ratio of Spot Market Loads to Trucks Spiked in First Week of ELD Mandate

Truckload spot market capacity was ultra-tight last week as the new electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, combined with the approaching Christmas holiday, prompted many drivers to take an extended holiday from the road, consulting firm DAT Solutio

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DAT’s Tami Hart Honored for Efforts in Stopping Fraud

Tami Hart has worked for DAT Solutions for 16-plus years now. She switched from customer support to a compliance role 10 years ago, and that has led to more recognition and an impact on the industry that was recently honored by the Georgia Bureau of

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Tight Capacity, ELD Mandate Send 3PL Rates Higher

The new year is bringing good news to third-party logistics firms as tight capacity sends the rates they charge shippers higher and their spot market business flourishes. Capacity demand has been building since the spring of 2016, said Mark Montague

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Spot Market Activity Continues Run of Strong Months in November, Reports DAT

November marked another solid month for spot market activity, according to data issued by DAT Solutions. With spot market load volume and rates having risen for 18 months, the national average spot van rate hit $2.07 per mile.

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