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Trucking
Why wait?: Mobile app shaves hours off check-in process
Drivers waste well over two hours at check-in, but Truckerd-In looks to streamline the process.
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Trucking
Avoiding logistics breakdowns by winter-proofing hauling operations
Logistics operations during the winter require companies to train employees, ensure preventative equipment maintenance and offer services that protect temperature-sensitive shipments.
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Chart of the Week
Shippers gave carriers less notice in 2019
Lead times fell throughout 2019 as shippers became accustomed to excessive capacity.
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Startups
Asset-based digital marketplace Archerhub guarantees 100% hauls for all loads on its platform
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…
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Equipment
Who’s really hauling spot market freight? (with video)
Michigan State University and the FreightWaves Freight Intel Group have developed research on spot market freight. Read about that research here.
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Insights
Commentary: How on-demand freight is poised to transform logistics
Commentary by Bill Driegert, Senior Director of Uber Freight, explores the current and near-future of on-demand freight.
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Business
Lakefront Futures & Options to market Trucking Freight Futures
Lakefront Futures & Options will be marketing Trucking Freight Futures through its new Trucking Derivatives Group. Read the article and learn more about Trucking Freight…
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Business
Conditions for fleets are deteriorating and it will get bloody
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller assesses current conditions impacting trucking and outlines what is ahead for the industry.
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News
Global freight overview – road freight
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.
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Driver issues
Dangers of Daylight Saving Time for truckers
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…
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