“The rebound in consumer spending from the economic shutdown coupled with the shift in expenditures to goods from services has resulted in tight capacity in the for-hire trucking industry,” Chris Brady, principal for Commercial Motor Vehicle Consulting, told Transport Topics. “Tight for-hire industry capacity swings the pricing pendulum to carriers from shippers resulting in higher freight rates.”
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