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Conestoga Alternatives: The Best Options and When to Use Them

A semi truck with a Conestoga trailer

Finding a Conestoga trailer can be a real challenge for shippers — and for good reason. Thanks to their unique retractable tarping systems, these specialized trailers offer the perfect blend of accessibility and protection for a wide range of freight. 

What Is the Right of First Refusal in Transportation?

 

As a freight shipper, you’re always running into transportation-industry-specific terms, jargon, and abbreviations. Even if you’ve been in the industry for decades, the constant barrage of lingo can be confusing at best — and downright frustrating at worst. 

Port of Baltimore Reopening: What to Expect

A container vessel leaving port

The Port of Baltimore channel has fully reopened to all vessel traffic as of June 10, 2024, following 11 weeks of painstaking progress clearing debris from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The Trucking Industry in August 2025: What You Should Know

Posted by Charles Kuykendall on Jul 22, 2024 9:00:00 AM

As summer winds down and fall looms on the horizon, August brings a complex blend of freight market..

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How Do Freight Rates Affect Service Failures?

Managed Transportation Explained: How Shippers Gain Control, Visibility, and Scale

Posted by Andrew Amaro on Jul 12, 2024 9:00:00 AM

To say that freight shippers have a lot on their plates would be an understatement. The constant juggle of schedules, carriers, regulations, costs, and timelines can be overwhelming — not to mention a drain on..

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Conestoga Alternatives: The Best Options and When to Use Them

Posted by Rachel Sikes on Jul 10, 2024 9:00:00 AM

Finding a Conestoga trailer can be a real challenge for shippers — and for good reason. Thanks to their unique retractable tarping systems, these specialized trailers offer the perfect blend of accessibility..

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2024 Transportation Industry Mid-Year Market Update

Posted by Paul Pfeiffer on Jul 8, 2024 9:00:00 AM

It's hard to believe that we're halfway to the finish line of 2024, isn't it? 

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Detention Fees: Who Pays?

Posted by Derek Ertl on Jul 3, 2024 9:00:00 AM

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Why Are Container Shipping Rates So High?

Posted by Samantha Mcgerr on Jun 26, 2024 9:00:00 AM

The price of shipping containerized cargo across international borders has been trending upward — sometimes in dramatic fashion — for several years now.

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What Is the Right of First Refusal in Transportation?

Posted by Crystal Lahr on Jun 24, 2024 9:00:00 AM

As a freight shipper, you’re always running into transportation-industry-specific terms, jargon, and abbreviations. Even if you’ve been in the industry for decades, the constant barrage of lingo can..

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The Trucking Industry in July 2025: What You Should Know

Port of Baltimore Reopening: What to Expect

Posted by Carl Verdon on Jun 13, 2024 3:46:40 PM

The Port of Baltimore channel has fully reopened to all vessel traffic as of June 10, 2024, following 11 weeks of painstaking progress clearing debris from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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