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Demand for trucking goes into overdrive

I don’t know if anyone could have forecasted Russia invading Ukraine or the fallout that would ensue. We have spent the last few weeks reeling over the prices for over-the-road truck rates. Rates that were good last week are not high enough this week. Fuel prices...

Early signs for a strong 4th quarter

Consumer demand is strong in almost all product categories for all trailer types. The final quarter has the early signs of being the strongest 4th quarter on record. Rates will stay the same this quarter in flatbed whereas they normally see a decline this time of...

Transportation Affected by the Corona Virus

As I write this a few days before July, it seems like it has been much longer than just three months ago when I last wrote a quarterly update. Much has happened in the news and COVID is making a swift return just as all of us had hoped it was ending. I ducked into my...

Transportation Rates at Highest Level Ever Seen

As we enter the second quarter of 2021, I have seen rates on transportation increase to the highest level that I have seen in my career. There are a lot of stories in the news about lumber prices reaching all-time highs. It doesn’t appear to be slowing down...