Logistics operations during the winter require companies to train employees, ensure preventative equipment maintenance and offer services that protect temperature-sensitive shipments.
Trucking Freight Futures recap for the week ending Friday, January 10, 2020: East region strengthens; West and South regions weaken
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?
Chicago to Atlanta (VCA) Trucking Freight Futures show strength on Thursday in an otherwise mixed market.
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.
McLean Trucking is one of the pioneers of the less-than-truckload (LTL) trucking industry. The company’s founder eventually became one of the pioneers of the global logistics and trade industry.
Trucking Freight Futures are mainly mixed to start the week on Monday.
Authorities cite distracted driving in nine-vehicle Sunday crash that claimed three lives in Boone County.
UPS and FedEx offer cooperation to authorities and sympathies to victims in collision that left five people dead and scores injured 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Trucking Freight Futures rally on Thursday in first trading session of 2020 after the December 2019/January 2020 spot contract roll.
December Trucking Freight Futures contracts higher at expiration as January spot contracts “roll” in significantly lower.
By R. Eddie Wayland, TCA Legal Counsel The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers nine States including California, recently affirmed a decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) which found that prohibitions on secondary boycotts under Section 8(b)(4)(i)(B) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) do not violate the […]
A home surveillance system captures Amazon driver dropping off two packages at a Pennsylvania home and then leaving with a parcel delivered by UPS.
New group will be the first of it’s kind in transportation The TCA Profitability Program (TPP), an exclusive business performance improvement initiative provided by the Truckload Carriers Association, is pleased to announce the formation of the TPP Data Analytics Group. This unique group will be sponsored by McLeod Software, and meetings will be held semi-annually […]
FreightWaves Market Expert Chris Henry provides a look into truckload’s year that was and commentary on a possible path toward consistent profitability.
In an abbreviated trading week, volatility returned to the Trucking Freight Futures markets.
Prospective buyers can bid on defunct Canadian firm’s trucks, trailers and a contract to haul cement to a diamond mine.
FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller writes about the issues the trucking industry dealt with in 2019 and what is ahead in 2020.
Chicago to Atlanta Trucking Freight Futures continue to rise on Thursday while Philadelphia to Chicago futures tumble.
