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Newsby StaffOctober 9, 2019

Truckstop.com and Schneider Launch ‘Book it Now’ Solution for Freight Marketplace

Truckstop.com and Schneider have completed a pilot program on a new "Book it Now" solution that gives Schneider’s carriers the ability to book freight at the click of a button.

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ProductsOctober 8, 2019

Loadsmart SmartMatch Tool Helps Carriers Find Optimal Freight

Freight technology company Loadsmart has launched the Smart Match tool, which provides carriers an efficient way to find the best available loads.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 27, 2019

For-Hire Trucking Conditions Worsen After Brief Summer Surge

August data from ACT Research's For-Hire Trucking Index show a pull back from July’s surprising and anomalous surge and a forecast for continued negative conditions until 2020.

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Articlesby Jeff KauffmanSeptember 25, 2019

Is the Trucking Environment Getting Better or Just Less Bad? [Commentary]

The difference between last year’s high spot rates and this year’s average has dropped — but this year’s seasonal decline was less.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 24, 2019

ATA: Truck Tonnage Declined in August but Recession Still Unlikely

ATA’s latest report on all freight transported by trucking in August showed another decline, but at this point the organization believes it’s unlikely that the economy is slipping into a recession.

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Articlesby Jack RobertsSeptember 24, 2019

Q&A: dexFreight’s Chris Burruss on the Transformative Potential of Blockchain

Blockchain is a much-discussed, but poorly understood technological platform that its advocates say could revolutionize trucking and logistics by sweeping away many of the inefficiencies that plague fleet operations.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2019

Pre-Tariff Shipping Could Be Causing Recent Uptick in Freight

With another tariff on imported goods from China expected on Dec. 15, pre-tariff shipping to build inventories may be responsible for a recent uptick in freight.

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Articlesby Jeff KauffmanSeptember 3, 2019

Truck Fleet Earnings Are Lagging the Overall Economy

Bad weather, tariffs, a later than usual Easter holiday – all of it contributed to trucking company results that were worse than the overall economic trend would lead you to expect.

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Articlesby Jack RobertsAugust 27, 2019

Q&A: Starsky Robotics Founder on the Digitization of Freight and Autonomous Trucks

Heavy Duty Trucking spoke with Starsky Robotics founder and CEO about how he sees the concept of autonomous trucks as a complete technology infrastructure-- as opposed to a stand-alone vehicle control system.

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Photo Galleriesby Stephane BabcockAugust 26, 2019

2019 Fact Book: Logistics

In HDT’s fifth annual Fact Book the second section deals with all aspects of logistics, giving a statistical look at how fleets are addressing available freight over the course of a year.

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