Tag: Shipper

Flatbed report: The People Tree is on its way to Washington D.C.

Each holiday season, a tree, typically 60 to 85 feet tall, is chosen from one of the 154 National Forests.

Reefer report: How Christmas tree season hikes PNW freight demand

Each Fall, the Willamette Valley in Oregon, a hub for North America’s Christmas tree production and helicopter harvesting, transforms into...

Dry van report: U.S. freight shipments plummeted 2.9% in Q3 mid economic slowdown

The U.S. Bank National Shipments Index experienced a 2.9% decline in the third quarter, negating the 2.4% gain from the...

Flatbed report: Shipping onions on a flatbed

Owyhee Produce’s Shay Myers recently stated in a social media post that they opt for flatbed trucks over reefers when...

Dry van report: Freight headwinds intensify: Truckers brace for a long winter

The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report for October confirms a challenging outlook for truckload carriers, signaling that the “freight recession”...

Reefer report: Restaurant Performance Index remained in contraction territory in September

The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) registered a moderate decline in September, reflecting the continuation of challenging business...

Reefer report: The world record gourd weighs in at over a ton!

Brandon Dawson, a manufacturing engineer from Santa Rosa, California, won the 52nd World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the 2025 Half...

Dry van report: Private fleets give shippers greater control and efficiency

U.S. shippers are increasingly turning to private, in-house truck fleets to transport goods, despite favorable rates in the for-hire market...

Flatbed report: Texas oil patch rig count hits four-year low

Flatbed carriers serving the Texas oil patch are seeing a slackening in demand as drilling in the Permian Basin slows...

Dry van report: Monthly imports expected to drop below 2 million TEU as tariffs continue to rise

Even though September’s container’s import total came in at just over 2.4m TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), the nation’s major container...

Reefer report: Peru: Key year-round supplier of fresh blueberries to the U.S.

The Peruvian imported blueberry program is now in full swing, driving significant U.S. truckload activity at key American ports...

Flatbed report: U.S. manufacturing backlogs drop weakening truckload demand

U.S. manufacturing new order backlogs have dramatically normalized over the past two years, moving from historic highs to a slow...