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Many carriers threatened to quit after ELDs. Did they?

Posted: 10 Dec, 2018 by Pat Pitz

Four months before the ELD mandate took effect on Dec. 18, 2017, DAT surveyed TruckersEdge users to learn how they planned to deal with the new regulation. Most of the respondents were owner-operators and small carriers, and 30% of them said that they would leave the industry rather than use an ELD....

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Categories: Trucking Regulations

Tags: Carrier Broker Owner-Operator Shipper

Early winter storms could cause freight schedules to slip

Posted: 10 Dec, 2018 by Peggy Dorf

It’s snowing at the wrong time and in all the wrong places. That means a lot of freight delivery schedules are going to slip. Over the weekend, Winter Storm Diego blanketed Charlotte, Raleigh and many miles of highway in North Carolina, extending east to Tennessee and north to Virgi...

Categories: Trucking Industry Trends

Tags: Broker Carrier Owner-Operator

Reefer rates hit lull between holidays

Posted: 04 Dec, 2018 by Matt Sullivan

Reefer activity picked up after Thanksgiving, but not nearly as much as dry van freight. Right now, retail and e-commerce are driving trends in the transportation industry, which has lifted van rates, but prices fell on a lot of the major reefer lanes. Demand for reefers could heat up again as we ge...

Categories: Rate Trend of the Week

Tags: Carrier Broker Owner-Operator Shipper

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