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Cargo insurance policies are not all made equal. Insurers compete, and vary, on the breadth of coverage, service, loss prevention,

With diesel prices at $4.05 per gallon as a national average, it can cost you around $0.63 per mile traveled

Walmart Canada recently unveiled a tractor-trailer configuration that allows the retailer to ship up to 30% more product than a

With the New Year came new rules. Unlike those pesky New Year’s resolutions, you don’t want to ignore your new

Where’s the Action? Right now, you’re either shaking your head and saying there’s no action at all, or you are

Van rates slipped 2.6% lower last week on the spot freight market. At the same time, financial markets continued to

Bryan Martin is President of 4-State Trucks, a provider of after-market parts and solutions for heavy-duty trucks. 4-State Trucks is

A good dispatcher is both diplomat and den mother. But many dispatchers get little, if any, formal training beyond how

Here are my top five predictions for trucking in 2013: 1. Fuel prices will decline by 10 cents per gallon,

I’m a numbers guy, but I’m also an optimist. I look at the last-minute agreement in Congress to avoid the

Of all the figures I saw during 2012, the rate of driver turnover in the truckload market really caught my

There’s a perception that trucking companies just need higher rates in order to be profitable. No doubt, rates are part

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