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US shippers are headed into a tight trucking market, with plenty of challenges and elevated pricing and no relief in sight until 2022.
The quarterly market update from transport management provider Transplace, based on over 200 users of its transport management system, suggests the balance of demand and capacity is already in the red zone.
In the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector, most carriers are operating between 3,000 and 6,000 shipments a day over capacity.
Whereas demand has been going strong, truckers are hamstrung by ...
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