Truck and trailer payments: up. Repair and maintenance costs: up. Insurance premiums: also up. You see the trend. Breaking down the American Transportation Research Institute’s latest report on operational costs and putting them into perspective. Then, Bexar County, Texas is the latest to ramp up enforcement of commercial truck drivers – and alarm bells are already going off. And finally, rates are slowly inching toward a more profitable place for van freight.

0:00 – Newscast

10:33 – Operational costs reach new high on ATRI survey

25:01 – Bexar County, Tex. ramps up CMV enforcement

40:09 – Spot market update: van rates inching upward