White Papers

The following answers were pulled from the 2018 King of the Road survey from Atlas Van Lines.

Answers were pulled from the 2018 King of the Road survey from Atlas Van Lines.

Freight.Tech conducted a study mapping trends in TransportTech venture capital investment over the past five years. We’ve pulled out some of the results.

We look at Old Dominion’s latest operating metrics update.

Retention, training, and the capacity crunch are undeniably hot button issues in 2018. In response, SmartDrive and FreightWaves collaborated to distribute a survey to uncover trends in driver incentive programs. The white paper—based on the findings of the survey, which was fielded in Q3 2018—reveals the steps that trucking companies are taking in order to hire and retain qualified drivers and create safer, more profitable organizations.

FTR and ACT Research have both released their preliminary estimates of Class 8 truck orders in October. Here are the highlights.

Freight.Tech conducted a study mapping trends in TransportTech venture capital investment over the past five years. We’ve pulled out some of the results.

Zipline Logistics released a survey showing the impact of ELDs — 10 months after the mandate.

Brought to you by Omnitracs — With predictive analytics, fleets can identify drivers at risk of severe, costly, loss-of-control accidents — allowing for timely intervention. Download this complimentary ebook to learn how to increase fleet safety and how predictive analytics use HOS data to identify risk.

You need HOW many dry van trailers to hold all the candy purchased for Halloween?

A look at Flatbed, Dry Van, and Reefer trailers.

WITH THE U.S. OIL and natural gas market continuing to boom, and production of both rising, FreightWaves’ chief energy analyst Mike Mitchell has written a primer on what happens during the fracking process. Through it, you will be able to see the numerous necessary steps that requires a truck in the process to get done.

The FreightWaves Research Institute performed a global study by stock ticker symbol for all public companies in the freight industry.

Freight.Tech conducted a study mapping trends in TransportTech venture capital investment over the past five years. We’ve pulled out some of the results.

The rapid growth in investment resembles the Fintech sector from 2006-10, but TransportTech is still an understudied and less well understood field for venture investment.

We take a look at the basic differences between headhaul, backhaul and deadhead in this infographic.

So, you won the $1.6 billion lottery. All that money would require HOW many flatbed trailers to carry?

We take a look at August’s Class 8 natural gas truck retail sale numbers.

We look at capacity and congestion statistics from the ASCE’s Infrastructure Report Card.

We pull public safety statistics from the ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card in our latest Infographic.