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Particularly in the last five months, the spot market where owner-operators and many smaller carriers find and price loads to haul has been on a road to recovery after a time when the spot market struggled, load board observers say. Trucking industry experts and load board operators these days describe the spot market for freight […]
Although forecasts say the first quarter of 2023 will be particularly tough for the trucking industry. Trucking industry remains the most relied-upon freight transport mode in the U.S. High fuel and equipment prices, labor concerns, shipping rates, inflation, talks of a recession, and other economic factors have followed trucking into what is a historically quiet […]
Brokers who try to avoid paying FMCSA proposes new rules. FMCSA are considering tightening regulations to lessen the number of what it calls “unscrupulous” brokers who try to avoid paying. Brokers will maintain at least $75,000. The assets are held for the possibility that a motor carrier makes a claim. If these funds for a […]
Trucking’s main fuel falls for the seventh straight week, but three-week string of double-digit declines ends. With the U.S. average for trucking’s main fuel dropping another 5.9 cents to $4.537 per gallon. The decline wasn’t by double digits, as it had been the three prior weeks, but the 5.9-cent drop marked the seventh week in […]
Preliminary numbers from ACT Research show net orders defying expectations of a slowdown for the month. Preliminary numbers of data from trucking data aggregator shows net trailer orders continued to soar in November, with 39,000 orders for trailers during the month. “We expected net orders to slow in November, after October’s net order explosion,” Jennifer […]
Customers both big and small utilize the service of freight broker. The fewer internal resources a company has: truck fleet, staff, etc. the more likely they are to utilize the services of outside companies like a freight broker. Why involve a middle man such as a broker? The answer is different for each organization but […]
Third week of declines cuts against expectations that trucking’s main fuel prices would surge higher because of low inventories. But supplies of the fuel now are up on weaker-than-normal demand, so that pressure point seems to have abated. The U.S. average price for diesel fuel has dropped for the third week in a row, defying […]
FMCSA noted it must consider how technology has changed freight brokerage, the roles of bona fide agents, and other parts of the freight transportation industry. FMCSA is examining the role dispatch services play in the transportation industry. The critical role of financial responsibility in broker regulation FMCSA clarified that handling money exchanged between shippers […]
Logistical considerations have always played a strategic role in business. Among retailers and wholesalers, they transcend inventory management and transportation to include one of the most critical factors in business success—location in relation to markets or sources of supply. Logistics concerns itself with matters as basic as plant location, sourcing of raw materials, and standards […]
Flatbed drivers usually haul over-sized or wide-load items. You might be transporting building supplies, like lumber, steel coils, shingles, and pipe. Flatbed drivers jobs are a little different than other lines of trucking. They’re a little more demanding and can be more hazardous. But on the other hand, these jobs usually pay more than average […]