Driven by tight trucking capacity and the threat of tariffs, intermodal volumes increased 5.6% in 2018, their highest growth in five years, according to the Intermodal Association of North America’s annual report. Not only were gains substantial, they were also broad-based, the report said. All markets recorded an increase of at least 4.9% or greater, […]
Disruption is increasingly happening for freight movers as they seek to cross the United States’ borders with Mexico and Canada, and it’s not the positive technological change often associated with that word. Instead, it’s delayed freight or higher costs, as tariffs and uncertainty about the reworked NAFTA trade agreement are vexing trucking companies as they […]
The trucking market has undergone change in many forms over the years as technology and regulatory developments have exerted larger and more intense influence on each aspect of motor carriers’ operations. The latest change was the implementation of the federal electronic logging device, or ELD, mandate just over a year ago. It’s the latest in […]
Priorities for global logistics managers are likely to be subject to significant change in 2019, say industry experts and prominent economists. First and foremost, adapting pricing strategies to fit local market conditions will become more important than ever. At the same time, shippers will be tasked with building resilience into global operations to mitigate the […]
According to a new report by ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies, hybrid industrial cloud adoption will more than double over the next five years at a respectable 21.1% CAGR. The virtualization of business-critical infrastructure is transforming the production and distribution of goods and services throughout […]
When assessing the current state of the less-than-truckload (LTL) market, it is not hard to see that there are a lot of things working in its favor, whether it be favorable pricing levels, especially compared to the same period a year ago, as well as an increase in freight activity towards the end of […]
The U.S. trucking industry is continuing to adjust to the federal electronic logging device mandate that took effect late last year. Carriers are focused on complying with the regulation, navigating enforcement issues and finding ways to derive additional value from the technology. The federal ELD rule requires most long-haul drivers to record their […]
When it comes to the state of the truck driver shortage, one thing clearly remains certain: not much has changed in terms of truly lowering the average turnover rate. Yes, carriers are aggressively, raising driver sign-on bonuses, increasing pay, and providing financial aid options for potential drivers to attend driver training schools to get them […]
When the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) formally announced late last year that the federal mandate for electronic logging devices (ELD) for commercial motor carriers was official and would take effect in December 2017, it basically confirmed the inevitable in some ways within the freight transportation and logistics sectors. In one way, it had […]
As the world’s transportation networks and supply chains become increasingly intertwined and complex, the systems that support them are improving and advancing at the same break-neck speed. Last year, for example, we saw transportation management systems (TMS) make significant strides on the “end-to-end supply chain visibility” front—a Holy Grail that many shippers have been striving […]
