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Providing real-time counts of parking spaces

The three major truck stop chains are developing systems that allow drivers to check smartphone apps or web portals to see where parking is available.

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Rates ‘high and headed higher’ with truck capacity holding tight

The rate gains are being driven by a simple supply and demand imbalance, with the number of loads well outpacing available trucks. “Rates are not going to be going down probably for the next year,”...

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Freight boom, ELDs created ‘most disruptive time seen in trucking’

Economists and analysts last week at the annual FTR Conference recapped what was referred to as a "year of upheaval" in trucking, in which the combination of unexpected economic growth, the...

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Profits at large public fleets continue to swell

The strong numbers stem from a booming freight economy that has tested industry capacity and spurred big rate hikes, with carriers posting revenue increases for the first nine months as high as a...

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Parking issues to be aired in Southern Nevada next week

Heads-up all of you out west -- specifically, anyone with expertise on lanes in the Southern half of Nevada, where a truck parking roundtable in Las Vegas with state and Federal Highway Administration...

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Trucks flooded the spot market last week returning from holidays — rates fell...

Holidays are over, it's certain. The large majority of the trucking world is back to work. The number of trucks posted on the spot truckload freight market increased 77 percent last week, well ahead of...

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Truck posts up, spot rates flat in the last week

But not for flatbed, which gained 6 cents per mile as a national average rate. Spot volume fell 2 percent during the week ending April 7, while a 9 percent increase in available capacity in the form of...

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Volumes are high on the spot market, but rates are unmoved with an abundance...

The weather is warming up and the freight is out there -- in fact, van freight volumes for May are as high as they’ve ever been. But an abundance of capacity continued to keep spot truckload rates at...

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Why do drivers leave? Pay has a lot to do with it, but …

Many are quick to say it is a driver-pay problem, but that's not all. In trucking companies' rush to grow, they devalue the freight market, notes owner-operator Clifford Petersen, and in doing so trade...

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Up-and-down demand volatility continues on spot market with weather hampering...

Spot truckload freight activity slowed last week as Tropical Storm Imelda brought severe rain and flooding to Houston and other nearby areas, disrupting supply chains across the South and Midwest. And:...

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