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There is much truth in that adage, “If you bought it, a truck brought it.” Ships and planes transport products around the world, but the last stage in the journey to their final destination is frequently via truck. This is true not only of products reaching store shelves, but the transportation of raw materials to factories at the start of the manufacturing process. In the U.S alone, more than 80 percent of all communities rely on trucks for the delivery of food, fuel, clothing and medicine.
US Trucking Sector Faces Continued Challenges Amid Q1 Slump in Volume and Spending
As the US trucking market continues to grapple with uncertainty, the latest data from US Bank’s Freight Payment Index for… Read More
Report Refutes Trump’s Claim that USPS Should Raise Package Delivery Rates
Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and… Read More
HighJump Joins Trucker Tools’ Smart Capacity Freight-Matching Platform
Trucker Tools, LLC has announced that HighJump , a global provider of supply chain solutions, has integrated its Prophesy Dispatch… Read More
SMEs Are Betting Big on Ecommerce
In the current digital era, it’s no surprise that big businesses across the globe are making steep investments in ecommerce…. Read More
CFI Increases 2018 Fleet Purchases from 500 to 600 New Kenworth T680 Tractors
CFI, a North American full-truckload carrier and subsidiary of TFI International Inc. has announced it has increased its 2018 fleet… Read More
Old Dominion Continues Nationwide Growth
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is celebrating the opening of five service centers across the United States in the second… Read More
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance
Roadrunner Transportation Systems has announced that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), a group dedicated to implementing… Read More
Cost Of Delay In Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure: $3.9 Trillion
Common Good has released an update of its 2015 report “Two Years, Not Ten Years,” revealing that the cost of… Read More
How the Economic Climate Impacts the Logistics Industry
If you’re familiar with the study of macroeconomics, you’ll know that this relates to the core economic factors that impact… Read More
New PEIR App to be Demoed
TCompanies, developer of PEIR (Photographic Equipment Interchange Receipt), a new app that helps the transportation logistics and shipping industries better… Read More
Call for Modernizing National Twin Trailer Standard
A diverse group of 25 carriers, shippers, and other transportation leaders sent a letter to Congress calling for policies that… Read More
project44 Raises $35 Million to Turn Data into Supply Chain Visibility
project44 has announced $35 million in new funding since the company’s 2016 Series A to power true supply chain visibility,… Read More
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