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Flatbed Rates and Ratios at Record Highs

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The oil industry saw a huge downturn late in 2014 when oil prices dropped from over $100 per barrel (West Texas Intermediate crude, or WTI) to below $30 per barrel by February 2016. Jacksonville, FL market to Miami, FL market. #17. Lakeland, FL market to Jacksonville, FL market. . #3 Houston market to Dallas market. #4.

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Hurricane Irma Updates

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Its rapid development from a tropical cone into a weather system the size of Texas continues to be a cause for concern. In Florida, a statewide suspension of road tolls was issued to ease the flow of mandatory evacuations (like the one ordered for the Florida Keys) and the transportation of essential relief goods. STORM STATUS.