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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 19, 2020

FMCSA Asks for Comments on Broker Transparency Petitions

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking for public comment on a proposal backed by owner-operator/small-fleet groups to address the transparency of broker rates.

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Newsby StaffJuly 28, 2020

Spot Market May be Softening

Looking at the spot market for the third week of July, it's hard to tell where we may be going, with rates and volumes hard to compare to typical seasonal trends due to COVID-19.

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Newsby StaffJuly 7, 2020

Spot Freight Down Over Holiday Week, Rates Up

Spot market freight levels were down for the Independence Day holiday week, but rates were up, according to DAT and Truckstop.com, two major services tracking spot market data.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeMay 27, 2020

Re-Opening Measures Positively Affect Truck Freight, Rates

With all 50 states relaxing COVID-19 shutdown orders to various extents, trucking shipments and rates are heading back up – but don't expect a true recovery until 2021.

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Videosby StaffMay 13, 2020

What Will COVID-19 Reopening Mean for Truck Freight Recovery? [Video]

How will reopening impact truckload demand and freight rates in the near future? What will freight rates look like in the next six to 12 months? This video from Convoy explores those questions.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeMay 6, 2020

Do Low Spot Freight Rates Mean Brokers Are Gouging Truckers?

Freight rates on the spot market in April plunged to five-year lows, thanks to plummeting demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It's so bad, owner-operators have been protesting all over the country, calling for more broker regulation. But is it really a broker problem? Or classic supply and demand?

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeApril 23, 2020

Freight Rates Plummet, Small Fleets Struggle

As stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic took hold across much of the country in the latter part of March, the level of freight available – and the rates to haul it – plummeted. This means many of the smallest companies that make up the vast majority of motor carriers are seriously hurting.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2020

Freight Volume, Rates Hit the Skids

While COVID-19 related demand boosted freight volume and spot freight in the first part of March, the latter part of the month saw a reversal, and April is looking ugly.

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Newsby StaffApril 9, 2020

Schneider to Pilot New DAT Rate-Forecasting Tools

Schneider has joined DAT’s pilot program to evaluate ways to provide faster, more accurate forecasts of truckload freight rates and market conditions.

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Newsby StaffApril 7, 2020

COVID-19 Economic Conditions Catch up to Spot Market

The pressure to restock grocery stores and distribution centers stripped by COVID-19 buying has quickly given way to a slump for truck freight. As March segued into April, the spot market took a tumble, according to figures from DAT Solutions and Truckstop.com.

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