This year looks to be the strongest for North American truckload and less-than-truckload pricing since 2005 and 2010, reports the Journal of Commerce. “We could break records this year” in…
Capacity Crunch Propelling Trucking Rates in 2018 Read more...
The electronic logging device mandate, set to go into effect in the U.S. Dec. 18, will focus attention on companies that habitually make drivers wait long hours to load or…
ELD Mandate Sparking ‘Shipper of Choice’ Revolution Read more...
A Canadian regulation mandating the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) can’t come “soon enough,” according to prominent trucking representatives. Truck News reported on a webinar hosted by Omnitracs where…
Bring on Canadian ELD Mandate Read more...
With less than six weeks until the Dec. 18 deadline for fleets to install mandatory electronic logging devices, one survey indicates there will be a lot of smaller fleets that…
More Than Half of Small Fleets Not ELD Compliant Read more...
Mandatory Electronic Logging Devices – coming into effect in the U.S. in December 2017 and in Canada shortly after – are fundamentally changing carrier-shipper relations. As carriers gear up to…
CTA Video: Carrier-Customer Relations in an ELD World Read more...
Carriers hare reporting very little friction in getting rate increases from shippers, suggesting that market sentiment is changing, according to a column in logistics news outlet, Freight Waves. Analyzing spot…
Article: Capacity Crunch Triggers ‘Unprecedented’ Spike in Some Markets Read more...
Just-in-time delivery – the North American supply chain inventory strategy aimed at receiving goods only as they are needed in the production process – is expected to come under pressure…
ELDs Will Put Pressure on JIT Supply Chain Read more...
E-commerce freight is causing strains on last-mile capacity. Uneven shipping patterns are playing havoc with freight forecasts. Inventory-to-sales ratios are falling as manufacturers abhor keeping excess inventory for very long,…
Disruptions, Uneven Shipping Patterns Changing ‘Peak Season’ Read more...
NAFTA works, so don’t mess with success. That essentially was the message U.S. automakers delivered to the Trump administration this week. According to a Politico.com, and as reported in U.S….
Car Makers to Trump on NAFTA: Don’t Fix What ‘Aint Broke Read more...
