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According to FTR’s projections for its Trucking Conditions Index, a combination of drastic declines in freight volumes, utilization, and rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to the worst overall trucking conditions on record during the second quarter of this year.
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“Our saying right now is, truckers are first responders. It doesn’t matter if it’s a disaster like a hurricane or a national emergency like this,” says John Wilbur, CEO of the Roadmaster Group, in describing his company’s efforts to support drivers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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At a White House event April 16, President Donald Trump thanked the truck drivers who are ensuring that essential goods make their way to their much-needed destinations, calling them the lifeblood of our economy.
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FTR’s COVID-19 Impact Heatmap has been updated to show truck load data in the spot market, providing state-level impacts on truck load volumes for four equipment types: dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, and specialized.
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Uber Freight's new bidding feature in its app offers carriers and drivers increased flexibility and control by allowing them to bid and receive feedback on select loads directly.
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Trimble has launched Trimble Dispatch Advisor, a dispatch solution that prescriptively suggests matches between loads, drivers and equipment. Through the program, carriers can identify and select the best loads to increase on-time delivery, reduce empty miles and improve driver utilization.
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A group consisting of American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear and CEOs from four major trucking companies have been selected to join President Trump’s Great American Economic Revival initiative, which is convening bipartisan groups of industry leaders from across all sectors of the U.S. economy.
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Global supply chain software and services provider BluJay Solutions and Loadsmart, a digital freight technology company, are teaming up to deliver better transportation efficiency and visibility to shippers.
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The Women In Trucking Association named Sue Spero, president of Carrier Services of Tennessee, the winner of the sixth annual Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award.
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FTR has released the COVID-19 Impact Heatmap, which assesses the state-level rate impacts by four trucking equipment types – dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, and specialized – using Truckstop.com spot market data.
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