Trucking

Growth at Uber Freight took a pause in Q1 while the digital brokerage trimmed losses.

The coronavirus pandemic caught the world off guard, and it has ratcheted up the pressure on 3PLs and brokers to quickly adapt and employ new technologies.

Charley Dehoney spoke with the founder of BasicBlock, a blockchain startup based in Nebraska. Here is the story of the company’s success to-date.

As the battle for fair rates carries on, what if the solution is not government regulation, but rather the creation of a consortium that anonymizes rate data on a lane-by-lane basis for all to see?

The current focus on the rate war distracts from the real issue at hand: how to build a profitable trucking business and control your own future.

Trucking industry raises $75,000 to provide hand sanitizer, masks for drivers

Online load board Truckstop.com laid to rest once again the rumor that it has aspirations to become a brokerage, but it will continue to build out features connected to Book It Now, a mobile app solution that allows brokers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to add instant load board functionality to their businesses. Truckstop’s tech innovations […]

API integrations with shippers and carrier density were key.

The family of a Wyoming man killed in a head-on tractor-trailer crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and trucking company

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Trucking schools see demand surge during coronavirus; $11.5 million drug bust at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge; cargo theft of trucks in Mexico up 25% during pandemic; Arizona fast-tracks project to expand truck parking on Interstate 40.

Trump appointee reaches out to ‘Mayday’ trucker to set up possible meeting

The global pandemic offers industry players the chance to trade competition for collaboration and disrupt the status quo.

A family-owned Massachusetts trucking company fell victim to a ransomware attack

Even as businesses have shut down, traffic data from Inrix showed that, as of April 17, 87% of all truck vehicle miles were still being driven.

Digital freight brokerage Transfix laid off about 10% of its staff on Tuesday

Trucking Freight Futures were lower across the board for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, as freight volumes and the uncertainty of economic recovery weighed on the market causing the spot National contract to fall 0.74% and close at $1.339 per mile.

Trucking Freight Futures were lower across the board for a fourth consecutive session on Monday, as freight volumes and the uncertainty of economic recovery weighed on the market, causing the spot National contract to finish down $0.01, or 0.74%, to $1.349 per mile.

For a third straight session on Friday, Trucking Freight Futures were lower across the board, capping one of the worst weekly performances since the contracts began trading, as volume concerns weighed on the market.

It was down session for Trucking Freight Futures as the market fell across the board for the second consecutive day on Thursday with the spot National contract down 0.9% to $1.367 per mile, driven lower by pressure in the East.

Declines in trucking shipments and spend, current and future, highlight the takeaways from U.S. Bank’s first-quarter Freight Payment Index report.