by admin | Apr 4, 2022 | Quarterly Updates
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...
by admin | Jan 3, 2022 | Quarterly Updates
Christmas and New Year’s are behind us, and we hope you all had a great holiday season. I know we are excited for the new year to come. With a new COVID variant in the news, it appears we are starting the year with a surge. The omicron variant seems to be less severe...
by admin | Oct 4, 2021 | Quarterly Updates
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...
by admin | Jul 6, 2021 | Quarterly Updates
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...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Quarterly Updates
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...
by admin | Jan 4, 2021 | Quarterly Updates
The new year has begun with an unprecedented first quarter. Flatbed (open deck) season has traditionally been a season that peaks in summer and slows down into the winter months. In 2020, we saw flatbed rates and demand rise from August through December with each...