Has money been a little tighter for your business lately? If you're a small carrier or owner-operator, you're not alone.… Read More
Rate Trend of the Week
You can expect a couple of things to happen pretty much every January: Freight rates will fall, and some will… Read More
Last week the national average van rate dropped 4¢ to $1.97/mile. The last time the average van rate was below $2 per… Read More
Expect a rush of reefer demand this week in areas hit by sub-zero temperatures, as shippers attempt to prevent sensitive… Read More
Tis the season for falling rates. As we move deeper into the slow season, rates are drifting in their typical seasonal… Read More
A lot of us in the trucking industry had to do something last week that we haven't had to do in a while — work a full,… Read More
Truckload capacity remained tight during the first week of 2019, and national average rates increased 3¢ for vans,… Read More
Flatbed carriers didn't hear a lot of good news in the second half of 2018. After the spikes we saw early in the year,… Read More
For the first time since 2012, the national… Read More
Shippers had plenty of last-minute freight to deliver before Christmas, and that stopped the slow slide we had been… Read More
A year ago, the spot market was a much more volatile place. Demand was soaring for retail freight, and the ELD mandate… Read More
In recent years, there's been a spike in spot market rates in December. That hasn't happened so far in 2018. Prices could… Read More