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Rates start to climb; long road ahead

Published: May 28, 2020, midnight

LLN (5/27/20) – The long, slow climb continues for freight and rates, but a difficult road lies ahead. Also, a truck show that embraces the past is now looking to the future because of the coronavirus. Two OOIDA members discuss their recovery from COVID-19, and we’ll report on how the St. Christopher Fund helped them and others. And after a brokers’ organization fired a salvo at truckers over transparency issues, OOIDA has gone to Congress to make the case for requiring brokers to follow regulations that have long been on the books.

0:00 – Newscast.

9:43 – Futuristic antique truck show; a trucking couple who recovered.

24:07 – Long road ahead for recovering rates.

38:36 – The broker-trucker battle over transparency.