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SummaryView Transcript The trucking market is undergoing significant changes, with spot capacity rates seeing a dramatic year-over-year increase. J.B. Hunt’s SVP of Operations, Josh Phelan, explains how supply-side pressures, cost inflation, and a tight driver market are driving these shifts. Learn
SummaryView Transcript The latest Q2 earnings reports from major trucking and rail carriers paint a clear picture: the freight market is tight, and rates are rising. But is it really about surging demand? Discover the underlying reasons behind increasing contract and spot rates, elevated tender reje
SummaryView Transcript Knight-Swift’s Q2 earnings blew past expectations, driven by an impressive surge in truckload rates. Our Finance Editor, Todd Maiden, breaks down how this signals a major inflection point in the freight market. With aggressive rate reviews and strategic adjustments, Knight-Swi
SummaryView Transcript Paul Tonsager, CEO & Founder of Integrated Multi-Modal Solutions, questions the ambitious claims of the recent rail merger applications, asking “Where’s the beef?” in terms of specifics for truckload diversions. He discusses the long-term growth stagnation in freight, the imme
On a conference call with analysts, Werner’s CEO says the driver shakeout has more to go. The post Werner CEO Leathers: just the 3rd inning in driver attrition appeared first on FreightWaves.
Landstar System said the truck brokerage market has begun to reshape in the wake of the Supreme Court’s broker liability ruling. The post Landstar expects to emerge a winner in post-Montgomery world appeared first on FreightWaves.
Senators Todd Young and Andy Kim introduced legislation targeting operators that return under new names, ownership structures, or USDOT numbers. The post New Senate bill targets ‘chameleon carriers’ that reopen to escape penalties and enforcement appeared first on FreightWaves.
Ford posted earnings ahead of Wall Street estimates and raised its outlook for the second time this year on higher prices and strong sales of high-margin SUVs.
A first look at Werner’s second quarter earnings. The post First look: Werner boasts of better revenue per truck appeared first on FreightWaves.
President Donald Trump argued that his economic policies have revived the auto industry and American manufacturing during a July 27 visit to Michigan.
TFI’s second quarter were notable for how strong its truckload operations performed. The post TFI first look: truckload shines, LTL doesn’t keep up appeared first on FreightWaves.
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Two businesses argue that levies installed to address forced labor regulations are being used as a workaround to replace previously removed duties.
Discover why fleets are replacing Google searches and outdated vendor lists with TruckDown.com to deliver faster vendor selection, more accurate information, real-time communication, and improved uptime.
A quiet indicator of supply chain strategy shifts, the tender lead time is telling us many things about how shippers are feeling about transportation markets. The post Why do tender lead times keep climbing appeared first on FreightWaves.
Shippers are running out of room to maneuver as trucking capacity tightens, freight rates hold near record levels, and new driver rules choke off supply. The post Shippers face tighter capacity as trucking rates hold near record highs appeared first on FreightWaves.
Officials said traffickers hid nearly 1,700 pounds of cocaine among banana pallets inside a legitimate produce shipment moving through the international supply chain. The post Banana shipment from Ecuador to Europe concealed $290 million in cocaine appeared first on FreightWaves.
With the advent of electric, hybrid and alternative fuels propulsion, the methods and means to control these energy sources must evolve in kind.
Wall Street sold off freight brokerage stocks following a nuclear verdict in Texas. The post 3PL stocks drop in wake of stunning Texas case against C.H. Robinson appeared first on FreightWaves.