Flatbed freight
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Great Quarter, Guys podcast
Will AK Steel be a steal or a raw iron deal for Cliffs?
Is this a golden opportunity for a vertical integration, or is it a defensive move to bail out a troubled customer?
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Intermodal
Roadrunner sells flatbed unit, another step in restructuring
Roadrunner Transportation continues to overhaul its portfolio with the sale of its flatbed unit.
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Business
Legion Logistics opens office in Mexico, aiming to ramp up cross-border operations
Kentucky-based Legion Logistics has opened a new satellite office in the city of Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. The new international office, staffed by two bilingual…
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Economics
Headwinds loom for trucking and construction
FreightWaves Market Expert Anthony Smith writes about the issues impacting the U.S. housing market. As important as these issues are, they have a ripple effect…
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Economics
Commentary: Industrial America still matters!
FreightWaves is providing a forum – Market Voices – for a number of market experts. Last week I wrote about why the ongoing decline in…
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Economics
Housing starts really matter!
Last week the widely reported headline was “Housing Starts Climb Almost 6 Percent in April” yet many in the transportation marketplace openly questioned how that…
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Economics
Weekly van, reefer barometers pull back as seasonality strikes market
After setting one record high after another in the early weeks of 2018, the weekly DAT Dry Van and Reefer Barometers have pulled back but…
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Insights
ELDs hurting flatbed carriers more than other modes
As the trucking industry continues to broadly install and learn to use the ELDs, there are beginning to be large disparities in the way the…
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Economics
The world is not flat, but it does revolve around flatbed
Flatbed freight remains red-hot with 111 loads for every truck, but what is causing the surge in demand?
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