For drivers considering the jump to being owner-operators, it is just a matter of days before the start of a three-day course meant to help you make the right decision and be successful.
For drivers considering the jump to being owner-operators, it is just a matter of days before the start of a three-day course meant to help you make the right decision and be successful.
Shippers consider lead times and freight types when selecting over-the-road, rail or intermodal.
Shippers consider lead times and freight types when selecting over-the-road, rail or intermodal.
Dean Croke, principal analyst for DAT iQ, the freight data and analytics operation for DAT Freight & Analytics, expects winners and losers in the holiday shipping season this year. DAT operates an online marketplace for spot truckload freight.
Trucking executives say they’re seeing more shippers renegotiate contracts struck in January and swallowing higher rates to lock in capacity.
Data sharing is an issue, commercially and in public policy, that is hot on tongues of lawmakers and Silicon Valley officials. U.S. companies tend to take proactive measures to assure users, experts told Transport Dive.
Working into contracted freight is the goal of many an independent owner-operator looking to grow or increase stability.
Demand for goods coming in from Mexico at the Laredo, Texas, border crossing is spurring significant per-mile rate hikes for loads out of Laredo into the rest of the U.S., says a prominent brokerage that works cross-border freight.
Every September, freight starts to accelerate through supply chains in advance of the end-of-the-year holidays.