Heavy Duty Trucking: Class 8 Orders Nearly Double as 2024 Build Slots Fully Open
Both ACT Research and FTR are reporting significant increases in September Class 8 truck orders over August as the 2024 order boards open.
Both ACT Research and FTR are reporting significant increases in September Class 8 truck orders over August as the 2024 order boards open.
The Yellow Corp shutdown impact has left a significant void in the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector, leading to anticipated cost hikes, as per industry experts. Recent reports confirm that Yellow, a trucking giant with a history spanning 99 years, has ceased operations, leaving 30,000 employees jobless.
Chris Caplice, PhD. Is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT and Chief Scientist at DAT Solutions. As a leading mind in the field of freight analytics, Dr. Caplice has worked extensively in the field of transportation procurement. When it comes to requests for proposals (RFPs) a once straightforward part of the procurement process is becoming increasingly complicated.
Uber Freight on Friday announced on Thursday a host of upgrades to the freight platform that, among other things, should help to stamp out freight fraud and annoying detention times at shippers, according to CEO Lior Ron.
The old 80/20 rule — the Pareto Principle — is alive and well in trucking, although the scale is even more out of balance in full truckload freight. Studies at DAT Freight & Analytics show that about 80 percent of a shipper’s truckload volume moves on just 15 percent of its lanes.
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After a 10% decline the previous week, load posts rebounded to close out September as shippers scrambled to get moves on the books before the end of the third quarter, a long-typical pattern for end-of-quarter freight.
DAT Freight & Analytics launched an artificial intelligence-powered identity-fraud detection and prevention platform through a partnership with Verosint. The company said it can help prevent the unauthorized use of customer login credentials and combat the growing threat of identity theft in trucking and logistics.
DAT Freight & Analytics launched an artificial intelligence-powered identity-fraud detection and prevention platform through a partnership with Verosint. The company said it can help prevent the unauthorized use of customer login credentials and combat the growing threat of identity theft in trucking and logistics.