Reefer Report: Demand heats up for Michigan carriers
Produce season is in full swing across the country, as more regions enter their peak harvest season in August.
More than a user conference: DATCON is back
Like so many other events, the pandemic threw a speed bump in our user conferences plans. But those plans weren’t derailed: DATCON is back and better than ever.
Reefer Report: Demand rises in flood-stricken Kentucky
Relief efforts are underway with the deadly floods that took place in Kentucky in late July, and refrigerated trailers are a large part of any disaster recovery effort.
With a $6 bet and a load of spoiled chickens, refrigerated trucking was born in 1938
Aug. 10, 2022 – Some of the greatest corporate names in American business history have something in common – they can trace their origins back to the need to keep food fresh.
Reefer Report: Double-digit growth in cross-border trade with Mexico
The U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index showed growth in Q2 2022 as another indication that a freight recession isn’t on the immediate horizon.
Little Rock isn’t so little anymore
The Little Rock freight market might not be the largest in the South, but it is one of the few true intermodal markets for truckload carriers.
Dry Van Report: Industrial sector reports a solid second quarter
Industrial supply companies are reporting continued growth with their latest 2nd quarter results, suggesting that there isn’t a downward shift in demand yet.
This year’s produce shipping peak was more like a speed bump
In most years, summer produce volumes are so high that they drive up national truckload rates for reefer and dry van carriers, peaking around July 4. That didn’t happen this year.
Flatbed Report: Demand drops as lumber prices fall
The housing industry is one of the first to react to the continual Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.
Reefer Report: July is National Watermelon Month
Watermelons grow well in the widespread hot and dry weather prevalent this summer, and these conditions are bringing on the melons faster with a sweeter profile.
Dry Van Report: Freight recession fails to materialize in Q2
The May 2022 reading of the for-hire trucking ton-mile seasonally adjusted index produced by Yemisi Bolumole and Jason Miller at
Shippers front-load fall and holiday merchandise to avoid last year’s supply chain delays
Importers have been busy “front-loading” in the first half of the year, ordering as much inventory as possible in advance to avoid the supply chain delays that caused many shipping containers to arrive well past their due date.