FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the impact of rising diesel costs on the spot market and the trucking industry.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller explains the boom and bust cycle of the trucking industry.
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FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the current costs of trucking.
Every gallon of fuel saved can lead to savings that affect the bottom line for fleets
CRST’s dedicated solutions place the individual customer at the focus to add value and maximize service.
PowerFleet has helped thousands of customers transition from analog to 2G, 3G and now, 4G/LTE.
Fuel card provider WEX Inc. continues to see gradual sequential improvement but at a pace below analysts’ expectations. The company’s fourth-quarter result was slightly below expectations and its first-quarter revenue guidance disappoints. Shares are off 4% in early trading.
KeepTruckin has introduced Fleet View, a holistic approach to managing a fleet through a single platform that combines GPS, ELD compliance, driver safety management and asset visibility.
Reliance Partners’ Jordan Chastain explains that controlled growth is the key to successful fleet scalability.
Carriers can control data shared with third-party brokerages and monitor how frequently they use it.
Brian Aoaeh continues his commentary series on artificial intelligence and how it is changing supply chains.
Proper routing is crucial for trucking companies of all sizes. Poor routing costs time, which equates to money in trucking. Here are some reasons to consider automating route planning.
Focusing on risk management can help protect fleets from the pain of paying massive damages.
The closing of a Smithfield Foods hog-processing plant in South Dakota cut off 100 daily semi-truck loads of animals to the facility. With few other plants available, farmers may end up destroying tens of thousands of animals that cannot be marketed for food.
QuickPay gives fleets access to same-day payment on the loads they deliver.
Flatbed volume has been building over the past few years. Read why in this article by Kayla Matthews.
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 profitability paradox.”
Learn about nine different types of truck driving jobs that are available.
Brian Aoaeh writes about the use of software and technology in the trucking industry.
The gig economy is one more challenge for truck drivers.
The key metric “net revenue per truck per week” is explained by Chris Henry.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller writes about methods to lower diesel fuel expenses for large and small trucking companies.
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 with the best operators, join TCA’s TPP. The data presented in this article come from analytics of over 230 truckload for-hire fleets, representing more than 70,000 trucks. A wise trucker […]
Seth Holm of FreightWaves Freight Intel Group writes about the impact of nuclear verdicts on the trucking industry. Will 2020 be a tipping point for these huge awards?
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 information from Anthony Campo, a trucking industry veteran.
The amount of capacity allocated to the amount of freight moved is the most important factor in determining freight rates.
FreightWaves Market Expert Chris Henry provides a look into truckload’s year that was and commentary on a possible path toward consistent profitability.
FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller writes about the issues the trucking industry dealt with in 2019 and what is ahead in 2020.
Brian Aoaeh writes about key trucking events in 2019 and looks ahead to 2020.
High driver turnover rates have been common in the trucking industry for several decades. Improving the quality of discussions between fleet management and drivers might help reduce the churn.
How to avoid breakdowns and repairs with preventive maintenance
The FreightWaves Freight Intel Group’s latest research shows that a freight recession is taking place.
Deciding to purchase a Class 8 truck is a large and serious investment. Truck drivers often dream about the day they drive their very own Class 8 vehicle off the lot. However, these commercial machines are not cheap nor is it an easy task to keep up. Whether you are planning to start or expand […]
Fleetcor modestly raises earnings guidance and says the acquisition pipeline has a couple of likely deals in the fuel, corporate payments and lodging segments.
Technology has helped smaller fleets band together to take advantage of discounts, real-time telematics and find loads through digital freight matching platforms.
FreightWaves Freight Intel Group predicts an increase in trucking company failures in 2019. Read why they make that prediction in this article.
The importance of technicians and the cost of technicians as part of the total cost of ownership is covered in this article by Gerry Mead.
Sandeep Kar has written a thought-provoking article about changes in trucks and how those changes affect truck drivers. He also writes about what the future may hold for truck drivers in the coming years.
Michigan State University and the FreightWaves Freight Intel Group have developed research on spot market freight. Read about that research here.
FreightWaves’ Freight Intel Group has released a new study of the impact of IMO 2020 on the U.S. trucking industries (and other industries). Read what may happen to diesel fuel prices.
Michael Lewis wrote “Moneyball” about the tactics Billy Beane used to improve the Oakland A’s. Read Zach Strickland’s take on using moneyball tactics in the freight market.
FreightWaves has acquired StakUp as part of a multi-faceted partnership with the Truckload Carriers Association.
A new survey of small fleets and owner-operators found they would like to utilize many of the same tools larger fleets do to control costs, including more technology like predictive maintenance.
Market expert Dean Croke writes about the impact of Daylight Saving Time (DST) on drivers (particularly truckers) and the pros and cons of the energy saving rationale behind DST.
Fleets participating in the TCA Profitability Program (TPP) gain access to benchmarking data that can help them improve operations.
New truck orders dipped in November, along with seasonal trends, but remain strong year-to-date with 468,000 units ordered so far in 2018.
Trailer orders are booming for manufacturers, setting a record in September and nearly matching it in October.
Mike Roeth, executive director of NACFE, spoke last week at the Meritor/P.S.I. Fleet Technology Event, telling the audience that one of the lessons he learned from NACFE’s Run on Less program in 2016 was that drivers still have plenty of influence over fuel economy, despite technology advances.
ZED Connect is moving beyond just providing ELDs to collecting and analyzing vehicle data and providing insight into that data back to fleets and owner-operators.
