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It’s been a busy few months on the regulatory front, and it’s often hard to keep track of which proposed

You call on a load, and the broker tells you what he’s willing to pay. Do you accept the load?

Broughton Capital, LLC, an independent financial research firm, has developed a set of tools for the truckload industry called “DAT

There’s one piece of advice that I’d give to any carrier running the spot market. It’s advice that can significantly

Although load-to-truck ratios for reefers dipped last week, rates held steady at their highest point in almost two years. Load-to-truck

In my six years as an owner-operator who works exclusively with brokers, I’ve been able to communicate better and more

DAT Solutions’ second annual user conference will be held October 23 to 25 in Portland, Oregon, addressing the very real

Van rates subtracted two cents from the national average on Tuesday, dropping it from $1.71 to $1.69/mile. That’s the usual

Rob LaForte, owner of Columbia Fresh Transportation Services Rob LaForte’s holiday break didn’t last long. In late December he had

The collapse of a section of a bridge section on I-85 just north of Atlanta was shocking for two reasons:

The 2017 TIA Capital Ideas Conference & Exhibition is just around the corner, coming up April 5-8 in Las Vegas.

California supplies nearly 50% of the nation’s produce. The central valley of California has been called “the nation’s bread basket,”

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