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After a strong first quarter, flatbed freight has slowed in April. It’s been a wet month throughout the country, and

You’ve lined up shipper customers and jumped through all the legal hurdles to start your very own freight brokerage. One

It’s still early in the spring, but the refrigerated truckload sector is not picking up any momentum yet. I wouldn’t

The end of Q1 was relatively quiet on the truckload spot market. Van freight volumes did increase more than 6%

It looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer for a spring surge. The spot market appeared heading for

Just as rates were about to turn around, they took another hit last week. Extreme weather closed highways and forced

The kind of freight you choose to haul, whether it’s through a broker or direct from a shipper, is an

You’ve likely heard reports that there’s a shortage of drivers in the trucking industry. There have also been reports that

We’re still deep in the slow season, but spot market trends are actually running about a month ahead of schedule.

I try my best to avoid markets where demand is low, but that gets difficult at this time of year.

You can expect a couple of things to happen pretty much every January: Freight rates will fall, and some will

Imagine a transportation industry where no truck was ever detained. That’s the motivation behind trailer pools, which are an increasingly

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