WSJ: ArcBest Rolls Out Technology to Speed Up Freight Loading
Trucking company ArcBest Corp. is expanding its logistics services with new technology allowing warehouse workers to load and unload truck trailers rapidly, addressing one of the biggest pain points for logistics operators.
Logistics Management: Union Pacific announces a search for a new CEO, amid investor pressure
A change is coming at the top for Omaha, Neb.-based Class I railroad carrier Union Pacific (UP), with the company today providing an update “on the status and timing of the Board of Directors’ active leadership succession planning process.
Fleet Owner: Small fleets, owner-operators struggle living off current spot market
A freshly updated freight rate survey lends even more credence to the pain that small fleets and owner-operators have felt for the past year trying to do business by relying on the volatile spot market and with prices for diesel fuel at all-time highs.
Land Line: (Im)patiently waiting for spring shipping season
Load posts are down right now, but expect things to change once spring shipping season takes off. Details on that and the spot market as a whole with data and analysis courtesy of DAT.
Fleet Owner: Transparent, ‘truck-friendly’ shippers gain edge in volatile freight markets
Successful businesses can turn the smallest edge into the biggest advantage. In a volatile freight market, such as the industry faces to start 2023, shippers and brokers who communicate better and are more accommodating to the carriers hauling their freight can find that edge.