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Don’t sleep on the truckload spot market

What the most recent edition of the North American Freight Index clearly spells out is that the truckload spot market is heading on a growth path, showing sequential gains from July through November for the first time in five years, DAT observes that

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Hanjin bankruptcy fallout likely to drive spot market rates up

As noted recently on CCJ, the sudden bankruptcy of one of the world’s largest maritime carriers, Hanjin Shipping, will send shockwaves through the transportation supply chain. It’s likely to also impact trucking rates, says DAT’s Peggy Dorf, an

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Despite calls for collaboration, truck shippers seen sticking to the same old script

In recent years, trucking executives have been preaching to shippers the virtues of a more collaborative relationship to help supply chains run more efficiently and to provide relief to their hard-pressed drivers. The attempts at friendly persuasion

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Report: 63% of Drivers Spend Over 3 Hours Waiting to Load, Unload

Close to 63% of drivers spend more than three hours at a shipper’s dock waiting to be loaded and unloaded, according to a recent survey by DAT Solutions.

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Buck-a-Mile Backhauls Live On

Four years ago, I wrote a post for our company blog titled: “The Death of the Buck-a-Mile Backhaul.”At the time, those cheap hauls seemed to be going away. In March 2012, only one major van lane paid the carrier $1 per mile: Philadelphia to Chica

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Trucking Trends: When Is a Broker a Shipper? New FDA rules redefine the roles of food transporters

When is a broker a shipper? Or a carrier? The Final Rule for the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food, published in the Federal Register on April 7, has created a bit of an identity crisis for people and companies responsible for the tran

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Truck Orders Fall in April

Orders for new Class 8 trucks plunged 39% from a year earlier and for a fourth consecutive month, reflecting a worsening freight market

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Truck Pricing May Fall in 2016 – Report

A monthly index of truckload pricing grew at a modest pace in February, and one leading forecaster says there’s a chance rates will turn negative this year

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Truck Freight Rates Slide in Softening Spot Market

Freight rates for long-haul truckers fell across all truck types in February as weak demand and plentiful space on trucks continued to make life hard for fleet owners.

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Truckload spot market rates, imbalances extend 2015 weakness into 2016

Spot prices falling to lowest levels in 2009 put shippers in the driver's seat, carriers in the trunk.

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