Despite our low freight prices, we indeed use industry-standard freight pricing models to cost out our shipments. The main factors involved in this pricing model are the truck type needed—for example, a refrigerated truck costs more than a flat bed—the weight and size of the shipment, the ...
Things to know before booking a flatbed shipment Freight Information:Make sure you understand all crucial aspects of your shipments, including the material being transported, the value, dimensions, and weight. If your shipment contains uniquely shaped heavy objects, then loading, unloading, and securin...
But, limited warehouse space, increased tariffs and more will remain key factors impacting supply chains in 2025. A. Duie Pyle January 15, 2025 Trucking Truckload Demand Remains Flat: Study LTL pricing is finally showing signs of softening while truckload rates remain stuck at the floor despite ...
We Have the Trailers, Cranes, and Loading Equipment Suitable to Your Freight Shipment Offering Load Assistance in All 50 States With freight shipping and hauling comes the use of different trailers and equipment. When using the full truckload shipping, some common equipment like forklifts and cranes...
Shipping domestic goods without thinking about the additional costs is like driving with your eyes shut. If you don’t have adequate knowledge of key factors – distance your shipping, size of goods, urgency, temperature sensitivity, and classification (more on that soon), you’ll end up compar...
make sure that the software is able to take into consideration all these factors and enable accurate route planning that helps increase operational efficiency, save time, and minimize fuel costs. Moreover, the tool should be able to adjust and shift deliveries to integrate new orders into the de...
Private fleets have increased shipment, volume, and value for more than a decade, according to the National Private Truck Council s 2024 benchmarking survey.
We estimate the operator-hours required for different routes using origin and destination information for trucking shipments from the CFS dataset, which enables us to estimate highway and (sub)urban splits for each shipment. We consider the technological constraints of automated trucking to make more...
“As FMCSA noted, broker transparency is necessary for a fair, efficient transportation system and is especially important to help carriers defend themselves against alleged claims on a shipment.” The Brokers' Point of View Brokers, however, oppose the proposal. ...
Factors including electronic-logging of driver hours, a growing need for shipment of items by Amazon and a surge in retirement of baby-boomers have meant a shortage of freight truck drivers and rising shipping costs. The American Trucking Associations reported a shortfall of 51,000 truck drivers ...