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New Year Preparation for Small to Medium-Sized Shippers

Small to medium-sized businesses typically don’t hold formal bids over annual cycles on their projected transportation requirements. However, this doesn’t mean they should blindly award freight to whatever the carrier is the flavor of the week. They need to ensure,

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What Shippers Need to Know About Cargo Insurance

Hurricanes. Cargo theft. Cross-border trade risks. The list can go on and on. There exists a lot of ifs in transportation—pockets of potential for things to go wrong while a shipment is in transit. Often times, things work out, but

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Hurricane Helene’s Impact on the Truckload Market

Last week, Hurricane Helene pummeled the U.S. Southeast, leaving behind a path of destruction as far north as West Virginia. While hurricane-related damage is usually worst near the coast, Helene, a Category 4 storm, was especially potent farther inland as

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STB Hearings: Addressing Rail’s Growth Problem

There was a day when the train was America’s transportation sweetheart. That day certainly wasn’t yesterday. Definitely not five—ten—twenty—years ago. And, most certainly and most definitely not since the mid-century advent of the U.S. interstate system. The prime of the

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National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Starts Sunday

Trucking advocacy group American Trucking Associations estimates more than 80 percent of U.S. communities rely exclusively on commercial trucks to meet their freight transportation needs. From supermarket chains to small business boutiques, the overwhelming majority of products available at storefronts

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