Flatbed freight
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Market Insight
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…
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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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