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Rate Trend of the Week: Rates Improve in the Final 7 Days of November

Rates increased for all equipment types in the final seven days of November. Van rates improved 0.4% week over week

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Survey shows widespread TMS use, happy customers

One of those axioms for success you always hear as a product manager is “Know your customer.” So when TransCore

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Customers Invited to Try Out New Mobile Version of our Load Boards!

A few weeks ago I posted about My DAT Trucker Services – a free mobile app that shows useful information

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Rate Trend of the Week: Reefers heat up, vans are flat, flatbeds decline

Rates rose 1.9% last week for reefers in the run-up to Thanksgiving, while van rates remained stable and flatbeds lost

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Rate Trend of the Week: Memphis, L.A. and Dallas are hot, Chicago is not

A few trends started to solidify this week, and each of the three major segments had a separate story to

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Guard against cargo theft, and save on insurance

According to a 2010 report from the FBI, about $30 billion in cargo goods are stolen each year. These are

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Holiday reefer freight indicates slow economic growth

I called some of our carrier customers who specialize in refrigerated freight, to ask for their outlook as we approach

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Rate Trend of the Week: Slow Growth, not a Double Dip

Van rates were stable in the seven days ending November 9,but rates for reefers and flatbeds are starting to slip

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3 Ways the Driver Shortage Could Reshape the Trucking Industry

It’s rare that a story about truckers reaches the general public — except, of course, when there’s an overturned semi

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How many jobs did you destroy this year?

This weekend, I was helping a friend and fellow musician harvest the grapes in his vineyard south of Portland, OR

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Motor carriers can get better insurance coverage for less

The minimum liability limit for an interstate motor carrier is $750,000 combined single limit (CSL) and many trucking firms are

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CSA better than SafeStat but big problems remain, study says

An independent evaluation by University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) found that the CSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) met

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