Trucking carriers Tagged Articles

News

John Paul Hampstead, Director, Passport Research Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Trucking markets: Are carriers capitulating?

Contracted volumes, tender rejections, and spot rates all fell.

News

Brian Straight Monday, March 16, 2020

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Rose Rocket announces integration of order management platform with Geotab

Rose Rocket’s order management platform integration with Geotab’s system gives trucking companies more tools to offer shippers, including track and trace and real-time ETA

Business

Chris Henry Friday, March 6, 2020

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Solving the trucking profitability paradox

Profitability is the key to any business staying in business. In trucking it is harder than in many other businesses. Chris Henry explores the "trucking…

Finance

John Paul Hampstead, Director, Passport Research Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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Passport Research: Private equity in trucking: trends, challenges, opportunities, Feb. 25

We reflect on the causes of private equity's spotty record in asset-based trucking.

AskWaves

Chris Henry Monday, January 13, 2020

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What is Total Cost Per Mile for truckload carriers?

Chris Henry runs fleet profitability benchmarking and analytics for FreightWaves and facilitates the TCA’s TPP program. If you are interested in benchmarking your fleet’s performance…

Trucking

Brian Aoaeh Friday, January 10, 2020

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Commentary: Responding to readers’ reactions

A number of readers responded to Brian Aoaeh's 12/26/19 "Commentary: Trucking industry observations heading into 2020." His current commentary features some of those responses and…

Truckload

Chris Henry Tuesday, December 31, 2019

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Commentary: 2019 ends with less profit/more problems for truckload carriers

FreightWaves Market Expert Chris Henry provides a look into truckload’s year that was and commentary on a possible path toward consistent profitability.