Trucking rates

FreightWaves presents the Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit on Wednesday, June 15.

The contracted freight market is in great condition at the moment, but the short-term indicators raise questions about its sustainability.

Truckers often make business decisions without the data needed to justify those decisions. Truckstop.com is trying to make more data available to owner-operators.

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the impact of rising diesel costs on the spot market and the trucking industry.

Heavily contracted carriers are not feeling the full brunt of the truckload market easing just yet, but there is still a lot to be determined about what happens next.

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller explains the boom and bust cycle of the trucking industry.

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FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes methods to generate more revenue in a trucking downturn.

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the current costs of trucking.

Stability lulled transportation managers and providers to sleep in the six years post-recession. The roller-coaster ride of the last four may be more indicative of their future.

Truckload capacity has been extremely difficult to secure over the past 18 months, but the tender data shows things may be changing, rapidly.

The Biden administration has outlined 62 policy initiatives affecting trucking, rail, and maritime in a one-year vulnerability assessment.

Shippers may benefit from limiting the number of partners they work with in a loose market, but this exclusionary approach has become a serious — and seriously expensive — problem as capacity has tightened and rates have climbed to record highs.

Contract rates for trucking have been rising since late last year and finally appear to be effecting compliance, but at what cost?

Transportation rate growth has gone parabolic as shipping demand continues to strain networks. What are the fundamental reasons for this and how long will these conditions persist?

The truckload spot market appears to have hit another peak, but quickly rising fuel costs make this appear much larger than it is.

Shippers may have had a little more success with contracted carriers in May, but it came at a high cost.

Shippers will never lose a document, driver or client through an automated rate contract management system.

Transportation rates continue to climb while service is at an all-time low. Shippers will have to be aggressive in devising new strategies to keep costs under control.

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