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Overdrive: Spot market: Same old story or ‘totally different world’?
Jun 08, 2023
Longtime independent owner-operators Daniel and Phyllis Snow have worked the spot market consistently for the last decade or so -- that is, up until about two months ago.
Overdrive: In a tough spot market, strong relationships with those who feed you will pay off
Jun 08, 2023
If the old saying is true, owner-operator and small-fleet businesses that make it through to the other side of the current freight environment, declining for the better part of a year, will be as tough as they come.
Land Line: Podcast: Committee eyes underride guards
Jun 07, 2023
The newly formed Advisory Committee on Underride Protections recently met for the first time. We recap the inaugural meeting, during which both sides of the issue made their respective cases, as NHTSA considers a side underride mandate for trailers.
Wall Street Journal: Importers Raise Port Alarms; VW Seeks Supplies; Egg-flation Cracked
Jun 06, 2023
New labor disruptions at U.S. West Coast ports are setting off alarms for importers and raising the stakes in longrunning contract talks.
Yahoo! Finance: Shipwell TMS Adopts Dynamic Rating and Enhances Load Board Access Through Integration with DAT Freight & Analytics Solutions to Expand Options for Shippers
Jun 06, 2023
Shipwell, provider of the award-winning Shipwell TMS platform, today announced its new integration with DAT Freight & Analytics, North America's most extensive and trusted freight marketplace.
Talk Business and Politics: Analysts: Freight recession about 40% complete
Jun 05, 2023
Industry leaders had expected an economic recession in the first half of this year, but they got a freight recession instead. Freight demand remains soft, and capacity is loose.
The Food Institute: Is the Trucking Demand Slowdown a Bellwether for the Economy?
Jun 05, 2023
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s effort to slow the economy by raising interest rates without triggering a recession may have failed if conditions in the trucking industry are any indication.
Built In Colorado: ‘You Can Do This!’: Bootcamp Grads Shared Advice for Successfully Launching a Tech Career
Jun 01, 2023
Software developer bootcamps are exhausting and daunting. Add parenting a less-than-one-year-old baby to the equation and it becomes an undertaking that seems downright impossible.
DC Velocity: SmartHop reports that DAT integration helps fleets boost earnings in challenging times
May 31, 2023
Nearly two years into an integration partnership with DAT Freight & Analytics, the numbers bear it out: truck fleets using SmartHop’s freight booking and fleet management platform are benefiting from increased revenue and average rate per mile, as well as time saved.
Land Line: Podcast: What’s behind the surge in cargo thefts
May 31, 2023
Criminals have set their sights on truckers in 2023. Cargo theft and fraud schemes have skyrocketed over the first five months of the year. Keith Lewis of CargoNet tells us what’s behind the spike – and what you can do to protect yourself.