FreightWaves NOW – January 11, 2019
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost talks with Nick Austin and John Paul Hampstead about weather conditions and the current pressure on contract rates.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost talks with Nick Austin and John Paul Hampstead about weather conditions and the current pressure on contract rates.
Transflo used its slot during the MarketWaves 18 Demo Day to showcase how its app’s new user interface, along with the broader Transflo ecosystem can be used effectively to reduce time during the lifecycle of a load.
It’s that time of year; time to look forward and plan for the year. In order to have a better idea of where the economy and industry are headed, we always like to look back and review from where we came and what happened.
U.S. airlines transport 50,000 tons of cargo every day.
Bison Transport operates twin 53-foot trailers in Canada, and generally has lower rates of incidents than with single trailers.
The history books will say many things about 2018, but whatever else is recorded, it will go down as one of the strongest years for spot and contract pricing increases in the history of trucking in the U.S. Will that trend continue?
Facial recognition will be tested next year on the Peace Bridge that connects the U.S. and Canada as a possible solution to speed up commercial border crossings.
With the market data available on SONAR, we have ability to see all the ebbs and flows of freight movement happen in real-time.
Is the economy still healthy? Are people still making things, shipping things, and buying things? According to the railroad car data, the answer is a definitive “Yes.”
On this episode of FreightWaves NOW, we discuss the giant storm hitting California and how it will impact freight and transportation in the area.
Amazon came out on top according to the judges in FreightWaves’ Research Institute’s inaugural Freight.Tech 25, which identified the most disruptive and innovative companies in the freight space.
The Cass Truckload Linehaul Index reached another record high in October while the company’s Intermodal Price Index points to rising intermodal costs.
The following answers were pulled from the 2018 King of the Road Survey from Atlas. Who have you assisted in moving?
The following answers were pulled from the 2018 King of the Road survey from Atlas Van Lines.
More of the same. That was the consensus in a quick informal poll of listeners to FTR’s State of Freight webinar on Thursday when they were asked what the most likely outcome was for the U.S. economy in 2019.
The FreightWaves Research Institute will announce the winners of the Freight.Tech 25 next week at the MarketWaves18 conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.
SONAR’s OTVI.LAX is clearly indicating that the strength in the inbound loaded container flow out of the Long Beach/LA port is continuing and gathering momentum.
Zipline Logistics released a survey showing the impact of ELDs — 10 months after the mandate.
A look at Flatbed, Dry Van, and Reefer trailers.
Since its launch, Convoy has been innovating with technological solutions aimed at reinventing the way freight moves across the country. To help fulfill that mission, the company is now expanding beyond its Seattle, WA, roots to a second office located in Atlanta.