Trucking News

Anheuser-Busch InBev seeks a special ingredient that would make its supply chain flow as smoothly and freely as lager from a tap: dynamic, real-time shipment data.

It is the second straight quarter of double-digit gains for the company.

As the Dec. 18 ELD mandate draws closer, Ryder System said it will equip all of its rental trucks with portable ELDs, helping short-term truck renters comply with the law.

E-commerce is accelerating, underpinning an uptick in global trade and US economic growth, XPO's Jacobs said.

Purchased transportation costs rose steadily in the third quarter.

Houston is adjusting operations and investing heavily in infrastructure to meet heightened competition for US resin exports.

Growth in truckload pricing is accelerating.

Latest Teamsters organizing effort focuses on changing owner-operator model and federal pollution rules governing ports.

More complex supply chains and faster fulfillment demands create opportunity for logistics "insourcing" among shippers, Haversack Logistics founder says.

Continued slow growth in the global economy suppressed revenue at the world’s top 50 transportation service providers.

Third-quarter earnings reports reveal across-the-board increases in transportation rates, with little sign pressure will ease soon.

The second-largest US provider of chassis, Direct ChassisLink Inc., has agreed to acquire the domestic fleet of the sector’s top provider.

The ports’ sheer volume of cargo, and more importantly, the container moves per vessel call, are where the problem starts.

US truck tonnage slipped slightly less than 1 percent in September, following hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but year-over-year data shows a significant long-term increase in freight volumes.

Bharat Mala supplements the much publicized Sagar Mala program.

The move is in response to signs that carriers are moving away from providing gensets.

Concerns over the supply of truck drivers and the resulting increases in trucking rates will likely grow in the coming months.

"Relentless" investment in equipment, higher driver pay help boost capacity, revenue, profit for Werner.

YRC Worldwide was hit by two hurricanes and a wave of rising transportation costs in the third quarter, forcing it to lower its projected operating profit for 2017.

Truck driver wages and benefits grew for the fourth straight year in 2016.

After climbing for seven straight weeks, US spot truckload rates stalled last week, but remain higher than usual for early October. DAT Solutions expects spot pricing to keep climbing.

The revised rates took effect October 1 and will remain in force until March 31, 2019.

Technology cannot replace personal relationships, but greater automation can help smooth processes, Echo Global Logistics CEO Waggoner says.

It will not happen overnight, but experts believe supply chains and transportation will become increasingly automated and more efficient as technology enables real-time exchange and analysis of vast amounts of data thanks to Amazon.com.

Higher third-quarter operating costs at J.B. Hunt, especially costs related to drivers and empty trucks, show why US shippers should be concerned about truck and intermodal pricing.

The truckload spot market that burned hot through the summer continued to heat up in September.

The pool is the latest sign of the strong demand for chassis with radial tires and LED lights.

RZD hopes the reductions will make rail more attractive to shippers who overwhelmingly rely on trucking despite its higher costs.

Once skeptical of appointment systems, truckers at the Port of New York and New Jersey have warmed to the reservation system they say has cut turn times since its introduction in December.

As the US and relief organizations struggle to move goods across battered Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria's legacy will include long-term damage to supply chains.

Virginia is one of several North American ports that are exploring or have implemented reservation systems for trucks.

“The expectation is that the work on the short-term solution will begin later this year.”

The number of loads available per truck shot up from July to August, in advance of typical peak season trends. Truckers are betting on sustained volumes.

Shippers will have to dig harder to access new capacity as peak shipping season heats up.

A host of issues critical to shippers, brokers and truckers await Robert P. Martinez, President Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Rapid fulfillment and replenishment cycles are driving visibility, but shippers need to extend visibility even further.

Truckload freight demand was already nearing peak fall levels in August, Werner’s Derek Leathers said, and hurricanes only increased pressure on capacity and pricing.

The European Commission handed down the stiff fine to Swedish truckmaker Scania for cartel behavior carried out over 14 years.

Uber Freight is most comfortable concentrating on truckload.

The economic aftershock from hurricanes Harvey and Irma is affecting freight flows and transportation pricing across North America.