Average truckload and less-than-truckload operating ratios climbed in the first quarter, hitting their highest points in at least a year, according to the JOC.
William B. Cassidy
Senior editor William B. Cassidy covers trucking for The Journal of Commerce. He is based in Washington, D.C.
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