For product safety, supply chain leaders should consider using sensors on products and trailers to keep products safe. Source: logistics Mgmt
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Data focused this week by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not for profit research organization, focused on the continued impacts of…
The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for March—at 120.4 (2015=100)—saw a 1.2% increase. And the ATA’s not seasonally-adjusted (NSA) index, which represents…
Transfix, a New York-based logistics technology services provider that streamlines shipment data to better help shippers make informed decisions to optimize time and revenues, rolled…
February’s TCI reading—at 0.96—slipped from January’s 2.04 and December’s 3.02. Source: logistics Mgmt
March shipments—at 1.087—fell 9.2% annually and eked out a 0.2% increase compared to February, and expenditures——at 2.651—fell 8.2% annually and are down 1% compared to…
The most recent edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was recently issued by Portland, Oregon-based freight marketplace platform and information provider DAT presented…
On the heels of an active March, which largely saw notable gains for spot market load volumes and rates for van and reefer equipment, that…
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said yesterday that its national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service regulatory relief to commercial vehicle…
Data recently issued by Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, highlights the difficulties being encountered…
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) and the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association Foundation (OOIDA Foundation) have been inundated with responses in conducting a joint research…
Falling 7.3 cents, this week’s average came in at $2.586, following a 7.4-cent decline the week of March 23, at $2.659 and an 8.1-cent decline…
San Francisco-based Uber Freight, a subsidiary of the ubiquitous, ride-sharing service Uber, whose proprietary app matches trucking companies with loads to haul, said today that…
With the coronavirus, or COVID-19, dominating just about every facet of everyday life, its impact on all things supply chain cannot be understated. That was…
Following the March 13 national emergency declaration to provide hours-of-service regulatory relief to commercial vehicle drivers transporting emergency relief in response to the nationwide coronavirus…
DAT noted that February’s decreases were in line with seasonal trends, while not “necessarily attributable to factory closures during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in China.”…
YRCW officials said that as detailed in its most recent Form 10-K, as it progresses through its previously discussed enterprise transformation, “the company will be…
YRC Freight Regional Next-Day Texas service will now include Fort Worth and Garland, with company officials noting that this service expansion marks the most recent…
Tampa, Fla.-based non asset-based 3PL BlueGrace Logistics announced this week it has acquired freight broker Anthym Logistics. This represents the company’s first external transaction since…
Company officials said that this SLA speaks to project44’s “commitment to results” while also providing a money-back guarantee. And they added that through the new…