Tag: less than truckload

Business

Multi-stop last mile from an Oregon National Forest

The end of the Parkers’ multi-stop load comes down the wire on hours. Wendy: “George really does amaze me sometimes. I would have been in the fetal position, sobbing….”

June 20, 2014

Channel 19

Priceline pricing model comes to LTL loading

OneMorePallet.com is the latest business entity to attempt to apply the Priceline pricing model to some aspect of the trucking business — in this case it’s partial loads for half-empty LTLs.

July 15, 2013

Business

Fleet Focus

Carriers and drivers receive recognition and awards.

August 5, 2011

Channel 19

New load board hopes to facilitate O/O-shipper connections

UPDATE 10/18/2016 about No Broker Freight.com: Valerie Hemmings is the spouse of an owner-operator running under his own authority — she recently wrote in with something of a plea for owner-operators to stand together for better rates, with the ultimate goal of eliminating the many permutations of middlemen in the ultimate carrier-shipper transaction. “Owner/Operators,” she […]

July 5, 2011

Business

Survey: Economy top concern

About 65 percent of U.S. executives say the economy is their number one concern, followed by fuel costs (23 percent).

June 29, 2011

Overdrive Extra

A creeping, sputtering recovery

It appears that trucking and the economy will be slouching toward health and stability during 2010. Here are forecasts from three sources.

December 29, 2009