Category: Trucking Industry Trends

Hauling candy by the truckload is a sweet niche

I got started early in candy logistics. After I got my MBA in transportation, I managed a fleet based in

If you watch the evening news, you might think there’s a recession coming any minute now. An online search for the

As we begin the second quarter of the year, I’ve noticed that freight volumes have picked up in the van

California experienced a 3-year period of exceptional drought in 2014-2016, but this year the state has plenty of water. The

You’ve likely heard reports that there’s a shortage of drivers in the trucking industry. There have also been reports that

The annual reports have all rolled in from publicly traded transportation companies, and it’s obvious that 2018 was a record-setting

Last year was the most explosive freight bull market on record for the trucking industry. But how much of that

Update – January 25: Federal employees are heading back to work for at least three weeks, under an interim budget

Last year rail intermodel took away loads from over-the-road trucking, but now the pendulum is swinging back the other direction.

Rankings based on transaction data in DAT RateView What do you get when you combine an economy that’s growing

What stories got the most attention in 2018? ELDs and driver detention were the most popular topics, followed by business

Investment analysts debate on TV about the timing of the next recession. The Dow is on a roller coaster ride,