Werner Enterprises advised an improving economy combined with tight truck capacity is contributing to improved freight demand. “Truck capacity is challenged by an increasingly competitive driver market and heightened regulatory cost increases for truck ownership and safety. Thus, we expect this favorable demand trend relative to constrained supply will continue in…
Intelligent logistics companies, especially multistop carriers, are paying close attention to routing. They feel improvements in productivity and efficiency with less backtracking that routing brings, as well as the more effective use of drivers — important in a time of driver shortages and stricter hours-of-service regulations — are crucial in today’s challenging environment. There…
After the release of data from the Federal Highway Administration of estimated miles traveled by large trucks in 2013, the ATA was able to calculate the large truck-involved crash fatality rate as 1.4 per 100 million miles traveled. That’s a 1.6% decline from data in 2012. With 2013’s decline, the fatality rate…
IATA data shows demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTK), grew 4.2 per cent in November 2014 compared to the same month in 2013, with capacity growing by 3.3 per cent. Compared to the previous month air freight demand increased by .8 per cent. Carriers in the Asia Pacific and Middle…
The Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge have chosen 20 trucking companies as top trucking fleets in the Best Fleets to Drive For competition. These carriers are some of the best to work for. The 7th annual survey and contest chooses for-hire trucking companies that provide the best workplaces for their drivers. Read more…
There’s the Uber of self storage, the Uber of eating out, the Uber of grocery store shopping and the Uber of just about everything else these days. And now, there’s (more than one) Uber of trucking. While not as sexy as some, trucking is big business. The industry does hundreds of…
Traffic congestion has a negative impact on planning transportation routes and makes life more difficult for logistics companies. It occurs when freight demand exceeds the capacity of the transportation system. Route planning is an integral part of an executive’s job. This is why increasingly transportation and logistics companies use the services of executive…
Third party logistics providers have had a good run in the market. They play an important role in goods movement. Outsourcing their transportation management functions to 3PLs gives shippers more flexibility to meet their shipping needs and access to the latest transportation management technologies. Read more here.
The challenges of transport, logistics, and the shipping industry Freight demands are constantly affected by a wide range of variable factors which makes it hard to anticipate trends in future shifting. All of this makes the work of fleets and shippers challenging. Factors that influence freight demands include the economy, globalization,…
The specialty vehicle – used primarily in refuse operations and concrete-pumper applications – was recently introduced with an entirely new interior. A right-hand, stand-up cab configuration was announced as well. Peterbilt said it would introduce a dual-steer configuration later this year. Read more here.
