Wabash is supporting FreightVana with trailer availability and services through the company’s Trailers as a Service (TaaS) platform.
After a pandemic-induced dip in freight volumes, freight is expected to grow by 7.4% this year.
Tapping digital technologies improves visibility for shippers and brokers and quality of life for drivers.
Activity for the Fourth of July weekend in 2020 was at its highest since 2016 and increased by 123% over the previous year, according to a CargoNet analysis.
Loadsmart released Data Insights, an offering created to strengthen shipper operations with data infrastructure specific to each company.
The trucking industry, and the supply chain as a whole, are in an upcycle, but analysts suspect that the industry has reached its peak.
Trucks remain the most commonly used mode to move freight, transporting 64% of the weight and 72% of the value in 2017.
A new direct bill program from one logistics company can reduce driver dwell times by an average of 30 minutes, according to its developer.
According to the American Trucking Associations, the advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 5.1% in July (109.6) after increasing 8.9% the previous month (115.5).
Truck fleets seem cautiously optimistic about freight and business levels in the coming months as the economy continues to work to recover from COVID-19 shutdowns, according to an HDT survey – and they see some positive long-term takeaways from the pandemic.
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