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Truck Tonnage Continues to Fall

by Diligent Delivery Systems on July 31, 2009

Transport Topics magazine recently reported that truck tonnage decreased 13.6% in June compared with a year ago. That decrease was even greater than May’s 11% decrease from the same month in 2008, and was the largest monthly decrease in the 2008-2009 year-over-year cycle.  
An American Trucking Associations representative has stated that he anticipates more of [...]

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Higher Insurance Premiums on the Horizon

by Diligent on May 20, 2009

The downward trend of insurance rates for fleets may soon be coming to an end, as competition wanes and remaining insurers push for higher premiums to make up for investment losses.
Industry experts say the days of double-digit annual rate decreases are behind us, and that carriers accustomed to receiving these reductions in recent years should [...]

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