Why shippers, not truckers, hold the key to US truck capacity

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Why shippers, not truckers, hold the key to US truck capacity

| May 24, 2018 8:56AM EDT
When talking about capacity, shippers too often focus on drivers, facilities, and assets. Time, however, is a key element in transportation capacity, and one that needs to be addressed if shippers hope to find freight space at reasonable prices and ship “more with less” in 2018.
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