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Business

Load One’s new app brings measure of self-dispatch to its expedited haulers

To combat the problem of extended layovers, very common in expediting, Load One has put tools in the hands of its drivers that allow them to be more proactive in positioning themselves for optimum dispatch.

February 14, 2018

Channel 19

‘100 percent OK’ to bring up detention before you get off the phone

‘Don’t leave money on the table,’ redux — that sentiment could increasingly include examinations of revenue and income per hour in your business’ accounting and analysis to help determine effective detention rates in broker/shipper negotiations.

February 13, 2018

Business

Digital broker’s freight platform expands

The Next Trucking tech-enabled brokeraged announced a $21M series B round of financing to expand the “trucker-centric” online freight marketplace it launched two years ago.

February 1, 2018

Business

Spot market demand indicators drop but remain favorable for truckers

Load post counts were on the rise last week, but truck posts rose even higher after the holidays. It was the first week the van load-to-truck ratio declined since the ELD mandate went into effect. Yet the ratio was still 10.7 van loads per truck, way above what’s been historically typical, for any time of year.

January 17, 2018

Channel 19

‘Here’s to causing a crisis’: Is there a shutdown going on?

Those were among the words of independent owner-operator Brita Nowak, who’s closed her one-truck business in part in protest of the 14-hour rule’s inflexibility, combined with the new record-keeping reality of the ELD mandate.

January 12, 2018

Business

Blockchain: Uncertain future for factors, brokers with less reliance on building relationships, more trust in verified data

Blockchains have been called “trustless,” which isn’t intended to be as negative as it sounds. Rather, the term refers to the trust created by the structure of information contained in a blockchain, which could virtually eliminate the necessity of the personal touch that traditionally has been required to build trust in business relationships

January 8, 2018

Business

Van rates, flatbed demand close 2017 strong on spot market

“Something of a perfect storm” closed out the last full week of 2017 for van rates. Winter weather, extended vacations over the holidays, end-of-year freight urgency all boosted van rates/demand. Flatbed demand indicators — load-to-truck ratio, primarily — were strong, but rates hadn’t moved.

January 3, 2018

Business

Is it business as usual in the grocery world?

Mixed bag of reports coming from groceries around the country in the middle of this holiday week — are empty shelves a result of the ELD mandate or the “perfect storm” of holiday freight pressures? … A little analysis here, and: What are you seeing?

December 29, 2017

Business

Spot market extremely tight, favoring truckers, ahead of Christmas week

A lot of truckers took time off last week ahead of Christmas, which meant there were already fewer trucks on the road. It was also the first week under the electronic logging device mandate, and the combination of the upcoming holiday and new regulations pushed the national load-to-truck ratio for vans up higher than it’s ever been – 10.1 loads per truck.

December 29, 2017

Business

Uber Freight adds pre-planning tools in app

Advance truck posting and load searching tools are being added to the Uber Freight brokerage’s mobile software for truckers utilizing it.

December 21, 2017

Business

Reefer temps cool a degree during between-holidays ‘lull’ on spot market, but demand, rates continue strong

Van rates are at their highest national average in three years, and though many of the crazy-high averages for reefer lanes have fallen back down to earth in the last week, reefer rates are still a good bit higher than usual for this time of year.

December 14, 2017

Business

When ‘being in the red is a good thing’: Van spot market hot states — all but Mass., Fla.

The national van average rate is back up to $2.09/mile post-Thanksgiving, and the load to truck ratio is a record 9:3. All states but the two named are shaded deep red, indicating high demand for trucking services …

December 7, 2017