
Truckload Rates Keep Rising as Tight Capacity Fuels Freight Market Recovery
Spot and contract rates continued climbing in May and June, not because freight demand is surging, but because fewer trucks and drivers are available.
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Spot and contract rates continued climbing in May and June, not because freight demand is surging, but because fewer trucks and drivers are available.
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“The fact that our [For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index] is growing sequentially and on a year-over-year basis demonstrates that contract freight continues to hold up at high levels,” ATA’s chief economist said.
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Drop-and-hook and trailer pools aren’t exactly new ideas, but technology has made it possible to vastly expand their use.
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One of the largest asset-based truckload fleets in North America, Knight-Swift Transportation, is buying U.S. Xpress for approximately $808 million.
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Forward-thinking motor carriers and brokers are investing in data-driven technology — and we don’t mean the IT people who come fix your computer.
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Roadrunner Transportation was near death’s door in 2017. Today, it bills itself as “transportation’s greatest comeback story.” Find out how data and machine learning helped the LTL carrier come back from the brink.
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ZF's Scalar gives fleets access to critical trailer metrics in a simple dashboard, with just one hardware device and the Scalar user dashboard.
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Despite key market changes in 2022, the urge to merge remains strong. HDT's Business/Washington Contributing Editor David Cullen explores the recent landscape of mergers and acquisitions in the Passing Zone column.
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Five Heavy Duty Trucking editors have been named finalists in the 69th Jesse H. Neal Awards honoring business-to-business (B2B) journalism.
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A CloudTrucks survey found that while Americans generally had a positive perception of trucking, more than half were unaware about the challenges of truck parking.
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While FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index showed substantial improvement in January, the index remains in the negative.
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