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Business
Wild COVID-lockdown ride for spot market volumes/rates appears to level out
After 12 rocky weeks, the national average van rate for truckers is back where it was prior to economies contracting in response to the spread of COVID-19.
June 11, 2020
Business
Mixed bag for van, reefer rates in the last week as diesel hits a high mark
Demand was strong for reefer and dry van transportation, keeping truckload capacity quite tight across the southern states while northern states hit a lull.
May 24, 2018
Business
Recent rates windfall helps stimulate — and pay for — truck investments
As freight rates have climbed significantly, combined with tax windfalls for truck buyers and new productivity pressures with electronic logging devices, truck orders have followed.
April 5, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Partners in Business podcast: Managing your fuel costs
This installment of Overdrive’s Partners in Business covers how to control fuel costs. That includes minimizing fuel consumption, getting a fair fuel surcharge and choosing where to buy fue
May 24, 2017
Overdrive Extra
Diesel’s roller-coaster ride: The thrill is gone, but not for all
Now that fuel surcharges are more entrenched, the plunge to below $2 a gallon after about three years in the $4 range has generated much less notice than similar price swings in prior years — though that’s not a blanket truth for everyone.
February 23, 2016
Channel 19
Dinner options and falling surcharges
“Ahhh, the good old days.” –one operator’s suggestion for a caption to this photo showing $4 diesel in 2011. Sarcasm? Could be — amazing, though, how a falling fuel surcharge can expose an inadequate base rate, isn’t it?
February 11, 2016
Channel 19
Have spot market rates really dived as much as you think?
When adjusted to control for the large difference in fuel prices, by some views rates are actually stronger this spring than in 2014.
July 3, 2015
Channel 19
Strike! For .. lower freight rates?
Errant headline from a Colombian driver strike. Also: More on fuel surcharges: 3 in 4 readers collecting/charging fuel surcharges per mile report a base mpg between 5 and 7.
February 24, 2015
Overdrive Radio
The bar goes up on fuel surcharges
In a podcast, Gordon Klemp, head of the National Transportation Institute, discusses fuel surcharges, sign-on bonuses, demand for owner-operators, and compensation trends for flatbedders and independents.
February 12, 2015
Business
Carrier survey shows temperature heating up on detention negotiation
Transport Capital Partners’ fourth-quarter industry survey showed 43 percent of carriers large and small felt they would be able to renegotiate detention in contracts with customers in the next quarter.
January 2, 2014
Business
Symposium panel discusses surcharges, driver pay
Panelists at the 2012 CCJ Spring Symposium noted the importance of educating shippers about the need to increase driver pay.
May 24, 2012
Business
Buy Right
Slash your costs by knowing when and where to purchase fuel. And make sure you’re getting the most value from a fuel card and a fuel surcharge.
January 3, 2011
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