Truckload Indexes

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: FREIGHTWAVES STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Riverside Transport is making strides toward helping drivers achieve better health in 2019. The carrier, which prizes itself on its driver first culture, offers drivers access to gym memberships and nutrition education to help them make better food choices. “We’re rolling out a big health initiative here. We have […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: CONTRACT TRANSPORT SERVICES) Contract Transport Services granted a popular Christmas wish for nearly 100 children: a brand new bicycle. The company gave the bikes to Green Bay, Wisconsin-area children in need this month. The effort was part of the CTS’s 4th Annual Holiday Bike Drive. Some of the brand new bikes are […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: ALABAMA MOTOR EXPRESS) Alabama Motor Express is celebrating 30 years in business by performing 30 acts of kindness that touch both the trucking and logistics industry and the wider Alabama community, including raising driver wages and donating time and supplies to a local homeless shelter. “We’re a company that cares about our […]

Chris Henry, Program Manager, TCA Profitability Program (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) If you’re in the Flatbed / Open Deck segment, you’re probably very familiar with the Daseke name. In recent years, Daseke has emerged as the de facto gorilla in this fragmented component of the North American transportation industry. Since 2015, they have added industry stalwarts such […]

Ashley Coker SPC. TREY DODDS, A TRUCK DRIVER WITH THE 110TH COMPOSITE TRUCK COMPANY, ATTACHES A TRAILER TO A VEHICLE ON SEPT. 13, 2018, IN PREPARATION FOR DEPLOYMENT IN HURRICANE AFFECTED AREAS ON THE EAST COAST. (PHOTO: ARMY PHOTO BY SGT. LIANE HATCH) Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) and CRST International made the list of 2019 […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) Some highlights from this month’s J.D. Power Commercial Truck Guidelines industry update: Volume at auction on the rise The number of trucks sold at auction rose to a more typical level in November, but pricing was unstable. Pricing trended lower with less consistency. The average auction price of 2015 model year […]

Chris Henry, Program Manager, TCA Profitability Program (PHOTO: MEASURE WHAT MATTERS) Objectives and Key Results: Using OKRs to execute in 2019 Earlier this year, TPP (TCA Profitability Program) member Steve Hitchcock, of Duncan & Son Lines, who is one of the most well-read people I know, enthusiastically recommended a book to me. Side note: If […]

(PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) By R. Eddie Wayland , TCA Legal Counsel The carrier in this case did not hire a deaf driver even though there were apparently many indications that the driver was qualified despite his disability. This case serves as a good example of potential pitfalls to be aware of when considering the employment applications […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: FREIGHTWAVES STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER AT THE 2017 MID AMERICA TRUCKING SHOW) During part one of this two-part series, Omnitracs Senior Data Scientist Emilie Worsham made the case for women drivers using performance and turnover data. In the second installment, P&S Transportation Vice President of Human Resources Kim Daigle will provide carriers with practical […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA) North Carolina’s second toll road, the first in the Charlotte area, opened to traffic late last month. The 18-mile Monroe Expressway has been over three years in the making, and it is the latest in a series of turnpike authority projects projects being planned across the state. The […]

Ashley Coker FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller interviewed Chris Henry, program manager of the TCA Profitability Program, about TPP and Truckload Indexes during Henry’s recent visit to FreightWaves’ Chattanooga, Tennessee headquarters. The pair hit on everything from data sharing to editorial collaboration. TPP was created to be a performance improvement solution for the trucking […]

Chris Henry, Program Manager, TCA Profitability Program (PHOTO: WERNER ENTERPRISES) Ever since Clarence Werner used his car as a down payment to purchase a 1956 Ford F-800 truck, effectively kick-starting his entrepreneurial journey, Werner Enterprises has been one of the de facto yardsticks from which all truckload carriers have measured themselves against. In absence of […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: FREIGHTWAVES STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Analysts agree that freight market improvements are likely to slow in 2019, and carriers need to prepare now in order to weather the slowdown as effectively as possible. KSM Transport Advisors Director of Analytics Kirby McLinn set out to help truckload carriers do just that during his presentation at […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) Between new data surfacing about women’s performance behind the wheel and the driver shortage, there has never been a clearer time for carriers’ to ramp up their efforts to hire more women. Omnitracs Senior Data Scientist Emilie Worsham made the case for women drivers using performance and turnover data during Women […]

Chris Henry, Program Manager, TCA Profitability Program (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) Recently, at an industry event, I was asked by a TPP member what my single largest career goal was. Luckily, I had already contemplated this exact question in my head for some time. The answer I provided was to “Increase the average Driver to Non-Driver ratio […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION) Drivers traveling through Birmingham, Alabama should expect to spend extra time getting around the city for the next 14 months. Interstate 59/20 through the downtown area is expected to close for construction in January 2019. The anticipated reopening date is March 2020. Bridges will be rebuilt along I-59/20, […]

Dean Croke, Chief Insight Officer, FreightWaves (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) One of the biggest mistakes the trucking industry makesis assuming that just because a driver had a 10- or 12-hour break, they must therefore have had adequate rest and be fit-for-duty at the start of the next shift. This couldn’t be further from reality, and in part […]

Ashley Coker (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK) It is not uncommon for trucking business owners to receive unsolicited offers to purchase their businesses. These instances have become more prevalent in the current market, thanks to a combination of factors, including the driver shortage and buyers’ ability to pay. “People are coming now because they need drivers. That is […]

FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller interviewed Truckload Carriers Association Vice President of Government Affairs David Heller about some of today’s most relevant issues facing the truckload industry during Heller’s recent visit to FreightWaves’ Chattanooga, Tennessee headquarters. The pair hit on everything from ELDs to autonomous vehicles. Heller said ELDs have changed the face of […]

Dean Croke, Chief Insight Officer, FreightWaves Though the industry debates over driver safety, hours of service, shipper detention times, high driver turnover, and driver shortages, it still misses an important component that drives human performance. FreightWaves Market Expert Dean Croke recently took a look at the subject of sleep in a two-part series published in […]