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Journal of Commerce: Shippers putting ‘greater-than-expected pressure’ on freight rates: Knight-Swift

Trucking provider Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings is significantly lowering its earnings expectations for the first quarter as capacity remains loose and shippers try to hammer down pricing.

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Overdrive: More ‘big rips’: Owner-ops flag biggest broker margins they’ve seen

DAT analytics chief Ken Adamo's "Big Rips and Fat Lips" look at broker margins -- the percentage of a shipper's payment the broker keeps after paying the carrier -- focused on outlying large takes (those rips) and very-small cuts or even money-losing loads (the lips).

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Supply Chain 247: Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Impact on Freight Navigating

It's been almost a month since a massive cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, and the data is starting to roll in about its impact on the supply chain.

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Yahoo: The US freight recession keeps getting deeper

A leading freight company is seeing its stock tank after weak trucking volumes led to a first-quarter earnings miss on both profit and sales.

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Air Freight News: DAT: Refrigerated truckload rates fell in March on modest volumes

Spot truckload rates continued to slide in March as demand for trucking services moved toward typical seasonal levels, reported DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.

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Food Market: 7-Eleven, Inc. Completes Acquisition of 204 Stripes Stores

7-Eleven, Inc. ("7-Eleven"), the premier chain in the convenience-store industry, announced today the successful completion of its acquisition of 204 stores from Sunoco LP, which includes Stripes® convenience stores and Laredo Taco Company® restaurants.

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Food Logistics: Refrigerated Truckload Rates Fell in March

Spot truckload rates continued to slide in March as demand for trucking services moved toward typical seasonal levels, reported DAT Freight & Analytics.

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Land Line Now: Podcast: Time to start your engines for produce season

The unofficial start to produce season has been announced. On this week’s Market Update, we’ll discuss with Robert Rouse of DAT how that will impact certain markets.

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Trucking Dive: Knight-Swift rejects unsustainable rates, projects earnings hit

A soft market is slated to bring a major earnings hit for Knight-Swift. Its adjusted earnings per share is slated to range from 11 cents to 12 cents now, down from a previous projection of 37 cents to 41 cents.

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Produce Blue Book: DAT Truckload Volume Index: March rates dropped on modest volumes

Spot truckload rates continued to slide in March as demand for trucking services moved toward typical seasonal levels, reported DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the DAT One online freight marketplace and DAT iQ data analytics service.

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