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Driver qualification, detention among DOT 2020 priorities

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Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @FreightWaves I Management at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be pressured to address several affecting commercial drivers and their companies in 2020 based on a set of priorities unveiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). “DOT’s Fiscal Year 2020 Top Management Challenges,” released on October […]

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Weekly Fuel Report 10-16-19

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Weekly Fuel Report by:Emily Ricks @ American Shipper/ FreightWaves Source and credits: freightwaves.com / American Sipper / Emily Ricks /  iTrucker  / Mario Pawlowski    

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Cass says data continues to point toward economic contraction including freight shipments

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Story by: Todd Maiden @ FreightWaves I Freight shipments and expenditures declined on a year-over-year basis again in September according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report. According to the report, shipments declined 3.4% in September, the tenth straight month of year-over-year declines. On a month-over-month comparison, the index improved 0.8% to its best reading […]

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The sky may have fallen on freight market after new tariffs are implemented against China

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“Like the “snap” in the Avengers movie, where the big bad villain, Thanos, eliminated half the life in the universe, something similar occurred to the freight market after the trade war escalated between China and the U.S earlier this month. It is hard to imagine the freight market being so fragile that one action — […]

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Conditions for small fleets deteriorating and it will get worse

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“For the freight market, 2019 has been shaping up to as a tug of war between the bulls and the bears. The large enterprise carriers that rely heavily on committed business (commonly referred to as “contract business”) have been enjoying a decent year, while the small carriers that are heavily exposed to the transactional spot […]

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