6 Things Freight Brokers Love And Hate
Every call you make about a load is a potential negotiation. Knowing what brokers love and hate goes a long way in determining how successful those negotiations will be. I've worked in transportation and...
U.S. Cargo Thefts Up 7 Percent-Could See Theft Spike Today
Record U.S. Cargo Thefts In 2015?
With U.S. cargo thefts up 7 percent year-over-year during the first quarter of 2015, many truck drivers are keeping an extra eye out on their loads this Memorial Day...
Top 10 Fastest Growing Trucking Firms Led By Daseke
Daseke Leads Fastest Growing Flatbed, Jack Cooper Transport Ranks 2nd
A flatbed and specialized freight carrier and two auto transport companies were the fastest-growing businesses on a list of the 50 largest U.S. trucking firms...
More Freight And Rate Hikes Could Be Ahead For Trucking Executives
More Freight, Higher Rates Concern Trucking Management
After a winter season that the trucking industry now far remembers, the trucking economy is stronger then ever. Trucking executives are encouraged by a stronger economy that continues...
October 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
Five Years: Freight Transportation Services Index, October 2009 - October 2014
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Source for Recession Dates: National Bureau of Economic Research, US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which...
46K Trailer Orders For October; New Record High
FTR reports October U.S. Trailer net orders at 46,267, an all-time record high, shattering the old mark by 9%. Trailer orders have now totaled 327,000 the past 12 months. Orders were much higher than...
Revenue From Freight Expected To Grow Over 70 Percent In The Next Decade
Overall U.S. freight tonnage will rise nearly 25% and revenues from that freight will surge above 70% over the next decade, per the latest long-term freight forecast released by the American Trucking Assns. (ATA).
The...
