{"id":3526,"date":"2023-04-21T17:50:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/supply-chain-rebalancing-but-freight-volatility-persists\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:42:18","slug":"supply-chain-rebalancing-but-freight-volatility-persists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/supply-chain-rebalancing-but-freight-volatility-persists\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply Chain \u2018Rebalancing\u2019 But Freight Volatility Persists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The underlying issues causing empty miles and unfilled trucks persist even as a balancing supply chain has softened them, reports Transport Topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The supply chain slowly getting back to normal after the pandemic has helped reduce empty miles while transportation providers are also pursuing efficiencies more generally, says Ben Cubitt, senior vice president of consulting at\u00a0<\/span>Uber Freight.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the improvements probably fall into two camps, planned and intentional and they just happen because they happen. If you think about it, networks were really disrupted and it\u2019s taken a long time for the transportation networks to get relatively balanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cConcerts weren\u2019t happening, sporting events weren\u2019t happening. All of that has turned back on so all those lanes are shipping again. And so, people have filled trucks to some varying degree of success with that freight.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to one survey cited by TT, only 55% of shippers filled their trucks to capacity last year. The combined unutilized space amounted to one in five truckload shipment moving completely empty. The study pointed to the unfilled space and fees as threatening shipper profitability despite a favorable deflationary market.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven in a shipper-friendly freight market, too many businesses are still defaulting to inefficient shipping methods,\u201d Kevin McMaster, vice president of sales and operations at\u00a0Flock Freight, said. \u201cRegardless of the economic environment, shipping empty trucks is just extremely hard to justify as it pertains to not just simple associated costs, but also with our responsibility to the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTruckload shippers filled their trucks slightly more often in 2022 compared to 2021,\u201d McMaster said. \u201cBut that was more likely caused by a handful of external factors in the market considering that barely half of them are filling their trailers to full capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cubitt noted it\u2019s tough for individual carriers or shippers to make an impact. But he pointed out transportation networks can become more efficient by better leveraging technology and being more collaborative with data.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the networks are back in balance as much as they can be because the gross inefficiencies have been worked out, how do you impact that,\u201d Cubitt said. \u201cI think companies like Uber, because of our scale and technology, because we see a lot of networks, we have a lot of opportunity to impact that and we\u2019re trying to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cubitt warned there is a possibility empty miles could increase in the current environment. There have been indications freight demand is softening so carriers may become more willing to drive further to get a load.<\/p>\n

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