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Daseke Inc. experienced a 26% increase in revenue year-over-year for the first quarter, the company reported May 3.

Loadsmart launched a platform in partnership with The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Depot that helps facilitate flatbed backhauls by focusing on supply, the companies announced Sept. 29.

Refrigerated carriers posted uneven results in 2018 with several firms generating double-digit gains and others seeing a drop in revenue.

Flatbed carriers haul a wide variety of cargo, but securing that cargo requires extra work from drivers. To attract and retain those drivers, flatbed companies said they’re offering incentives and investing heavily in equipment and training to ensure loads are properly secured.

Daseke Inc. reported a profit for the first time since it became a publicly traded company last winter, reversing losses as a private entity one year ago and two quarters in the red in 2017.

The Commerce Department slapped a 20.83% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber Nov. 2, a decision that may boost the U.S. flatbed market but suppress demand for trucking and railroad companies that operate across the nation’s northern border.

Flatbed group Daseke Inc. purchased its fourth motor carrier this year, bringing R&R Trucking into the corporation and adding defense transportation to its capabilities.

Daseke Inc. lost $3.6 million in the second quarter, its second consecutive quarter in the red after the flatbed carrier joined Wall Street in February, but CEO Don Daseke remains upbeat.