Fleet executives speaking at FTR’s annual Transportation Conference are not anticipating an imminent turnaround in freight conditions, and are instead turning focus inward to ensure they’re ready to return to growth when market conditions do eventually improve.
As cargo from Southern California ports moves further inland, demand for trucks and intermodal rail capacity is surging in the region, driving up prices across all modes of surface transportation.
The US truckload spot market is heating up as summer ends, with load volumes increasing as the peak pre-holiday shipping season for trucking gets underway. That’s tightening capacity and load-to-truck ratios in certain inland distribution markets, although not universally.
Danny Ramon of Overhaul joins Land Line Now to talk about new trends taking shape in cargo theft and to offer updates on what’s being done.
The trucking industry offers many different careers besides driving. Here's a look at fleet and trucking jobs, from the road to the shop to the office and more, and the skills and experience required.
Cyberattackers possess extensive knowledge on how to breach, disrupt, and financially impact companies. These incidents make headlines not only in the trucking industry but across all sectors every day. The surge in attacks our industry has faced over the past year is alarming—and these are only the cases we are aware of.
This July, for-hire trucking saw two years-long records: milestone year-over-year changes for spot rates and milestone unemployment in transportation.
DAT Freight & Analytics today announced two new members of its technology leadership team: John Xiao has been named Vice President, Data Engineering, and Catherine Schulz has joined the organization as Senior Director, Platform and DevOps.
National averages for refrigerated and dry van rates come in year-over-year positive for the first time in 27 months, indicating an improving pricing environment for carriers.
Spot truckload market conditions showed some promising signs in July, for the second consecutive month, according to the July edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was recently issued by DAT Freight and Analytics.