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Business

Slowdown hitting small fleets hardest, survey sample shows

As the coronavirus continues to impact the trucking industry, small fleets are impacted worse than larger fleets. Details on this survey and more on Overdrive.

March 31, 2020

Business

‘You just lose’ when middlemen don’t pay: Broker reform eight years in the waiting

Who is to blame for the lingering transportation brokerage problems and lack of attention to MAP-21? Read more details here on Overdrive.

February 28, 2020

Business

Spot rates bottoming out?

Weekly declines in freight rates for the week ending in Feb. 16 were small, indicating demand is increasing and rates may be bottoming out. More here.

February 20, 2020

Overdrive Radio

For the love of … Patty the traveling road dog, with owner-op Rob Goodwin, and introducing ‘Over the Road’

This week on Overdrive Radio, reefer truck driver Rob Goodwin discusses life on the road with his bulldog Patty, the Traveling Road Dog. Details on Overdrive.

February 12, 2020

Channel 19

Owner-op Rob Goodwin sees utility in no-broker, shipper-carrier connection platform RiteLoad

Owner-operator Rob Goodwin lauds growth in freight volumes and consistency in the shipper-carrier connection platform Riteload.

February 7, 2020

Business

Week to week rates thaw — drip, drip, drip into February

National average spot truckload rates for major segments other than flatbed entered February in a slow-motion slide after closing out January at their lowest points in two months.

February 6, 2020

Business

Spot freight in the last week: Rates dip, but flatbed demand shows off-season promise

After a relatively strong start to the month, spot van and reefer rates slipped below December averages during the week ending Jan. 19. There was, however, better news for flatbed haulers as rates crept higher on the strength of new oil and gas projects.

January 23, 2020

Channel 19

Freight market reality check: ‘It’s just terrible’

What it feels like right now for a couple readers where the 22.5s (or 24.5s) meet the pavement, and underscored by long-range analysis in the newly released quarterly U.S. Bank Freight Index report, showing the decline in volume and overall freight spending in the last quarter.

January 22, 2020

Business

Celadon freight likely to be a blip on the spot market, if anything

Shippers once using Celadon to haul their freight will likely divert their immediate loads to the spot market. The fleet’s closure could cause some temporary hang-ups in isolated markets or lanes, but its impact nationally on the spot market will be negligible.

December 11, 2019

Business

Rates up with holiday week on spot market

The number of loads moved declined and load-to-truck ratios fell for all three equipment types during the holiday week, but rates were up for vans and reefers for the month of November over the preceding month.

December 6, 2019

Business

Ahead of Thanksgiving, spot reefer volumes and rates show some heat

With last-minute Thanksgiving and Black Friday freight on the move, spot truckload freight volumes increased during the week ending Nov. 24, and rates in fact responded, unlike many of the preceding weeks in this tough cycle.

November 27, 2019

Business

News roundup, Nov. 20: Large broker’s insta-book option for carriers; Photos: Three dumps of the month

Schneider Transportation Management has implemented the Trucker Tools company’s Book-it-Now option for loads booked within its system by contracted carriers. See photos of “Truck of the Month” from dump truck contractor-transport provide freight-match platform Trux.

November 20, 2019