Driver turnover is expensive, and trucking operators cannot afford to keep turning over virtually their entire workforces on a yearly basis if they hope to bolster their bottom lines.
Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.
One area that carriers have emphasized this year is “ugly freight” – or non-conveyable shipments. These are packages that are hard to put through their automated systems.
With more choices than ever, shippers must come up with a plan for choosing — and evaluating — their carrier partners.
Mexico’s proximity to the Americas and favorable operating environment has made it an attractive location for many U.S. companies wanting to expand or move their manufacturing operation.
Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.
Predictive maintenance offers reprieve from expensive roadside crises
Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.
Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.
Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.
FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller provides insight into the state of trucking contract rates.
Contract and spot rates continue their downward trend despite volume levels and rejection rates flattening out…
Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.
Melissa Forman chats with Anne Reinke and Mark Baxa about how important it is for there to be communication across all platforms in order to create a more efficient payment process for carriers.
A FreightWaves survey of carriers suggests most believe California’s AB5 independent contractor law will affect their business.
Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.
With the goal of becoming more competitive and efficient in today’s evolving truck transportation market, shippers are looking for large carriers for partnership from beginning to end.
Since the pandemic started, many shippers found their existing contracts unable to ensure carrier compliance. Supply and demand were especially volatile, and so spot rates, which are more sensitive to changing market conditions, handily outpaced contract rates.
Kellogg Co. was chosen as a Shipper of Choice — an award that recognizes retailers and distributors that value their carrier relationships.
Even in a loose market, technological solutions aimed at optimizing freight movements remain useful.
