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Driver Shortage Pressures More Restaurants to Buy Local

Restaurants turn to locally-sourced ingredients as U.S. shipping rates jumped 14 percent in the last year.

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Food Logistics' 2018 Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers

The companies on this year’s Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers list continue to improve their expertise and keep up with the latest temperature monitoring technologies, transportation management systems and warehouse management systems.

3 Pl Top 2018

Spot Rates Fall But Van, Reefer Ratios Increase

DAT Freight & Analytics

Spot truckload rates continued a seasonal decline during the week ending August 4 as the overall number of loads posted on DAT load boards fell 0.7 percent and capacity dipped 1.3 percent.

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Spot Rates Recede from Record Highs

DAT Freight & Analytics

Spot truckload rates declined again during the week ending July 28 as the overall number of loads posted on DAT load boards fell 4.2 percent while capacity increased 0.5 percent.

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Face of Truckers Looks to Change

As the driver shortage continues, recruiters must start representing what people want to see: those who look like them.

Trucking

US Foods Secures SGA's Food Group

US Foods Holding Corp. is in the process of acquiring SGA's Food Group of Cos for $1.8 billion cash.

Usfoods

Risk/Compliance

Brazil Freight Policy Harms Grains Trade

Cargill believes Brazil's new road freight policy has the potential to impact grains trading and drive up costs.

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Safety First, Reducing Liability Second

While reducing liability is a plus, keeping people safe should be the primary goal of freight companies.

Mark Murrell

More Trucks, Fewer Loads Send Spot Rates Lower

DAT Freight & Analytics

Spot truckload rates continued their seasonal decline during the week ending July 21 as the overall number of loads posted on DAT load boards fell 5.5 percent.

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Van, Reefer Rates Skyrocket

DAT Freight & Analytics

Spot truckload freight rates shot up to new heights at the end of June, only to skyrocket further during the Fourth of July holiday week.

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Spot Van Rate Rises to Another High

DAT Freight & Analytics

Urgency to move freight before the end of Q2 and ahead of the Fourth of July holiday helped propel the national average spot van rate to $2.32/mile during the week ending June 30.

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Spot Truckload Van Rate Hits New High

DAT Freight & Analytics

The national average spot truckload van rate on the DAT network of load boards edged up a penny to $2.31/mile during the week ending June 23, a new all-time high.

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