trucking shippers

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes truckload contract rates and where they may be headed.

Retailer Meijer has worked with FourKites to develop a new product that tracks shipments based on the purchase order associated with the shipment.

Guest commentator Eric Masotti writes about the importance of technology in logistics – but also underscores the importance of dedicated people to the process.

Drivers waste well over two hours at check-in, but Truckerd-In looks to streamline the process.

Logistics operations during the winter require companies to train employees, ensure preventative equipment maintenance and offer services that protect temperature-sensitive shipments.

Lead times fell throughout 2019 as shippers became accustomed to excessive capacity.

ArcherHub runs its own fleet that it uses as a backup for loads that go uncovered on its digital freight marketplace and thus guarantees hauls for every shipper.

Michigan State University and the FreightWaves Freight Intel Group have developed research on spot market freight. Read about that research here.

Commentary by Bill Driegert, Senior Director of Uber Freight, explores the current and near-future of on-demand freight.

Lakefront Futures & Options will be marketing Trucking Freight Futures through its new Trucking Derivatives Group. Read the article and learn more about Trucking Freight Futures and Lakefront Futures & Options.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller assesses current conditions impacting trucking and outlines what is ahead for the industry.

On a call with freight procurement intelligence company, Beroe, Inc., the firm discusses its outlook for global road freight growth of 4 to 5 percent.

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.

Lanehub is developing a social network where mostly shippers and carriers come together to identify long term efficiencies by aligning their networks—and they just lined up another round of seed funding.