All smart CPG and food and beverage shippers know that seasonal cycles are a critical consideration when building their carrier network strategy, however it’s just as important to consider how broader market cycles impact planning.
A slowing manufacturing sector is starting to put a dent in U.S. diesel demand, traders and fuel experts said this week, helping rebuild stocks that were extremely tight a year ago and cooling fuel prices.
Instead of viewing spot as “a four-letter bad word,” Shelley Simpson says customers should take advantage of dynamic pricing for their “unpredictable loads.”
During produce season, trucks and trailers are needed to move fresh fruits and vegetables quickly from the fields to food processors/manufacturers or directly to the nation’s supermarkets.
The fight to secure more truck parking spots across the nation just added some muscle thanks to two new bills in the U.S. Congress. Rep. Mike Bost tells us about the push.
Four data-monitoring firms express varying degrees of concern about the state of the spot market, which is critical to smaller operators and increasingly relied upon by larger fleets to fill certain freight lanes.
This year's truck show season gets off to a serious start beginning Thursday, as the 51st annual Mid-America Trucking Show opens at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville.
The Illinois Jaycees selected Buffalo Grove resident Kevin Sullivan and St. Charles resident Dr. Jacquie Cobb as honorees of its Outstanding Young Persons of Illinois awards program.
Longtime owner-operator Joe Bielucki was fuming mad when he read the email from his main customer's corporate logistics director.
The nomination of Julie Su to be secretary of labor has drawn some criticism, including from her home state of California. And one congressman is leading the charge. We’ll talk with U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley of California.