Providing real-time counts of parking spaces
The three major truck stop chains are developing systems that allow drivers to check smartphone apps or web portals to see where parking is available.
View ArticleRates ‘high and headed higher’ with truck capacity holding tight
The rate gains are being driven by a simple supply and demand imbalance, with the number of loads well outpacing available trucks. “Rates are not going to be going down probably for the next year,”...
View ArticleFreight boom, ELDs created ‘most disruptive time seen in trucking’
Economists and analysts last week at the annual FTR Conference recapped what was referred to as a "year of upheaval" in trucking, in which the combination of unexpected economic growth, the...
View ArticleProfits at large public fleets continue to swell
The strong numbers stem from a booming freight economy that has tested industry capacity and spurred big rate hikes, with carriers posting revenue increases for the first nine months as high as a...
View ArticleParking issues to be aired in Southern Nevada next week
Heads-up all of you out west -- specifically, anyone with expertise on lanes in the Southern half of Nevada, where a truck parking roundtable in Las Vegas with state and Federal Highway Administration...
View ArticleTrucks flooded the spot market last week returning from holidays — rates fell...
Holidays are over, it's certain. The large majority of the trucking world is back to work. The number of trucks posted on the spot truckload freight market increased 77 percent last week, well ahead of...
View ArticleTruck posts up, spot rates flat in the last week
But not for flatbed, which gained 6 cents per mile as a national average rate. Spot volume fell 2 percent during the week ending April 7, while a 9 percent increase in available capacity in the form of...
View ArticleVolumes are high on the spot market, but rates are unmoved with an abundance...
The weather is warming up and the freight is out there -- in fact, van freight volumes for May are as high as they’ve ever been. But an abundance of capacity continued to keep spot truckload rates at...
View ArticleWhy do drivers leave? Pay has a lot to do with it, but …
Many are quick to say it is a driver-pay problem, but that's not all. In trucking companies' rush to grow, they devalue the freight market, notes owner-operator Clifford Petersen, and in doing so trade...
View ArticleUp-and-down demand volatility continues on spot market with weather hampering...
Spot truckload freight activity slowed last week as Tropical Storm Imelda brought severe rain and flooding to Houston and other nearby areas, disrupting supply chains across the South and Midwest. And:...
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