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I’ve been in the freight transportation business for a long time — let’s just say “decades” — and this has

The FMCSA has revoked the operating authority of 8,180 brokers since Dec. 2, the date the federal agency began revoking

Rates went up on the spot market in November, while load volume seemed to decline. The two indicators usually point

My wife and I haven’t even purchased our Thanksgiving turkey yet, but the Christmas tree lots are popping up all

It has become a standard exercise to provide rates in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) from your shipper

A lot of carriers are now on the cusp of their “slow season,” a lull in freight activity that typically

Freight is booming in mid-November. Rail intermodal containers have been increasing rapidly for the past month. Spot market truckload freight

When River Place Logistics of Raleigh, North Carolina, launched in 2009, the founders encountered a problem they hadn’t anticipated—the credit

When Keypoint customers consider adding the Document Management module to their logistics software, they often think they’ll achieve the most

Rates remained high for vans in October, compared to 2012. The national average rate for vans, the most common trailer

Investment analysts see indicators of a recovery in the manufacturing sector, particularly in the Midwest, but current trends in truckload

The ATA just released its seasonally adjusted For-Hire Trucking Tonnage Index for September, and the index posted its largest year-over-year

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