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As August wanes, seasonal trends are perking up the Midwest states. Van traffic is at high levels in Indiana, Michigan,

Rate trends are contrary things. Sometimes, the national average rate will go up even when rates in all major markets

Short-haul drivers are no longer required to follow the 30-minute off-duty break requirement that had been mandated by the FMCSA’s

Rates are unusually strong on the spot market in mid-August, especially for reefers and vans. Reefers Get a Lift –

Update: DAT now offers a 75K surety bond at a special rate for DAT customers. Learn more. As most of

When you started your brokerage, keeping your customers satisfied was a main concern. You wanted to know everything about them

This article was contributed by Mike Curts, marketing director of Driver Solutions and co-founder of eGears. Lately, it seems that

We are more than halfway through the year, and I am gratified to see that most of my predictions for

Van rates finally began to drop last week on the spot market. I say “finally” because rates rose at the

Contract rates are beginning to rise, in response to capacity constraints, according to new data in DAT RateView. Van rates

Your truck is stuck in a city where your usual backhaul is not available, or the rates you’ve been offered

Fruit and vegetable harvests began and ended later in Texas and Florida, and crops have been either delayed or accelerated

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