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Shipper routing guide performance and tips for tendering in the ‘new normal’
The possible long-awaited trough of the freight market cycle comes at a difficult time to gauge.
May is shaping up to be a good month for spot freight. Produce harvests are picking up and construction activity is on the rise.
Although market pressures and fluctuating freight rates are making it more difficult for fleets to keep their expenses low, one industry expert advises against allowing driver compensation momentum to slow down.
Two of Canada’s three publicly traded trucking companies reported Q1 earnings this week, with starkly different results.
The U.S. economy likely grew at a solid pace to start the year, though things are likely to get worse before they get better.
Firm forecasts gradual deterioration of shippers’ advantage over transportation providers in 2024.
Shippers are continuing to enjoy a “mostly favorable and stable” market for sending freight, as the trucking sector has produced another month near the bottom of a cycle, according to the latest analysis from transportation analyst firm FTR.
Freight fraud is spreading across trucking networks as tech-savvy operators impersonating middlemen skim off payments for shipping goods that can total thousands of dollars, industry executives say.