The CEO of Heartland defends the company’s strategy that saw a lot less revenue but a lot more in profits.
Continuing efforts to fight what he says are unfair trade practices, the administration of President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will pull out of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) treaty, which sets how much can be charged for international shipping.
The FreightWaves Research Institute has announced the list of 55 voters who will be choosing the inaugural winners of the Freight.Tech 25 awards, and it’s who’s who of freight leaders.
Also in today’s issue: a beating shows the dangers to truckers, even off the road; an Indian company looks to disrupt that company’s trucking sector.
A significant falloff in revenue went along with the rise in profitability as the operating ratio took a big leap forward.
Lithium is going to be in there, the industry wants cobalt out or lowered, and a few other metals are lining up to take its place in the next generation of batteries.
A significant falloff in revenue went along with the rise in profitability as the operating ratio took a big leap forward.
The number of trucks sold at auction climbed notably in September, and pricing trended lower. Model year 2015 trucks took a particularly hard hit thanks to higher volume and higher average mileage.
Which stops are preferred by truckers? We look at the 2018 King of the Road survey from Atlas Van Lines to find out.
From on-demand trucking to blockchain, loadboards and freight matching, the list of companies bringing innovative technologies to the freight industry is growing by the day, which makes the 100 that have made the cut to be honored by the FreightWaves Research Institute as part of its inaugural Freight.Tech 100 all the more special.
Although some of its individual ORs were less than a year ago, the company said its 14-month record on OR is its best ever.
It started with an open nomination period, and after culling through hundreds of submissions, the FreightWaves Research Institute has announced the inaugural Freight.Tech 100 companies.
Driver iQ’s third quarter recruitment and retention survey found that driver turnover costs the truckload industry over $10.6 billion per year, and over one-third of fleets surveyed expect turnover to increase or remain the same.
Cashflow Corner presented by TriumphPay …Go ahead, whack your tires. Are they properly inflated? Do you really know? The manual way of checking tire pressure may be costing your fleet money.
Groups representing livestock, bee and fish haulers in the nation have asked the Department of Transportation to extend their available driving time up to 15 hours a day, up from the current federally regulated 11 hours.
The reports by FTR and ACT showed the preliminary September numbers way above previous records.
The latest on legislative, regulatory, administrative, and enforcement issues across the industry.
Arkansas-based motor carrier sees driver wages up 18%, but it aims to recoup those costs through new shipper contracts.
Avancargo, a freight logistics startup from Argentina has on-boarded over 18,000 trucks on its platform and is helping them connect with shippers digitally.
The city hopes to use its role as a landlord to help move truck traffic on to barges and to trains.
