Echo Global Logistics’ contractual sourcing and continuous movement programs are helping owner-operators stay the course amid market volatility.
FreightWaves new spot rate forecast supports a slow start to trucking’s peak season.
For many over-the-road drivers, a major source of their meals can come from C-store locations built into truck stops like Love’s, Flying J and Pilot.
Importers have been shifting to the East Coast since 2021, but the full realization of this has peaked over the summer. The shifting import pattern has strong downstream effects for surface transportation providers.
FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the impact of rising diesel costs on the spot market and the trucking industry.
Not all loads are created equal in trucking. Loads moving across the country have a much greater impact on capacity and subsequently spot rates and they are disappearing at an astonishing rate compared to their shorter counterparts.
Many transportation managers and providers are expecting a return to a simpler time, but the data shows simpler times may be a thing of the past.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller explains the boom and bust cycle of the trucking industry.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes methods to generate more revenue in a trucking downturn.
Stability lulled transportation managers and providers to sleep in the six years post-recession. The roller-coaster ride of the last four may be more indicative of their future.
