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The article presents a short profile of New Zealand-based transportation service Waimea Contract Carriers. Topics discussed include the firm's collaborative work with think-tank and engineering team of Trinder & Waimea Engineering to transport logs, the firm's policy for women truck drivers; and views of Jenny McIntyre, executive director of operations at the company, on the firm's services.

The article discusses the future of the U.S. trucking industry as it grows and poses the need for regulation. It explores the trucking categories set by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) which include the contract, exempt, and common carriers. It says that more trucking taxes are expected as people in Oregon voted for the persistence of the weight-distance levy of the state. It adds that the trucking industry has to struggle with the inconsistent state laws limiting the trucks' weight.

The article presents news briefs related to transportation and logistics from Germany. The European Pallet Federation Epal and the International Railway Association are looking for solutions to their conflict of exchange of carriers. According to a study, the mobility package to which the EU Transport Ministers agreed may led to trucker bankruptcies. Ingo-Alexander Rahn appointed as CEO off Global Forwarding Turkey.

The article focuses on the large U.S. trucking companies with adding revenue and raising the combined top line of the "Journal of Commerce" top 50 U.S. trucking companies. It mentions specialized carriers shows rise in sales in 2016 as lower rates, lower fuel surcharges, and especially lower demand in a depressed retail and industrial freight. It also mentions companies, parcel giants UPS and FedEx raised their combined revenue.

Rank Company City, State Total Trucks1 UPS Atlanta, GA 969252 FedEx Corp. Memphis, TN 861033 Penske Reading, PA 2309329 Purolator Inc. Mississauga, ON 325639 Dynamex Wood Dale, IL 315050 Loomis Houston, TX 279462 Brinks Coppell, TX 219874 Dunbar Armored Inc. Hunt Valley, MD 171917 UniGroup Inc. Fenton, MO 169872 Indiana Transport Inc. Elkhart, IN 1638 Rank Company City, State Total Trailers1 UPS Atlanta, GA 1213522 FedEx Corp. Memphis, TN 1185565 J B Hunt Lowell, AR 1173274 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Phoenix, AZ 737926 YRC Worldwide Inc. Overland Park, KS 447287 Schneider National Carriers Green Bay, WI 3970012 Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. Thomasville, NC 3508213 Estes Richmond, VA 3417791 Containerport Group Inc. Cleveland, OH 288918 R L Carriers Wilmington, OH 27750 Rank Company City, State Total Vehicles Total Trucks Total Tractors Total Trailers17 UniGroup Inc. Fenton, MO 6721 1698 5023 560851 Atlas Van Lines Inc. Evansville, IN 2773 801 1972 397152 SIRVA Inc. Oakbrook Terrace, IL 2764 677 2087 3511103 Wheaton Worldwide Moving Indianapolis, IN 1101 225 876 1043122 Graebel Moving Services Dallas, TX 871 253 618 963259 The Suddath Companies Jacksonville, FL 403 221 182 354303 Arpin Van Lines Inc. West Warwick, RI 353 0 353 0353 Stevens Worldwide Van Lines Saginaw, MI 309 126 183 313357 Covan World-Wide Moving Inc. Midland City, AL 307 89 218 331358 National Van Lines Inc. Broadview, IL 307 125 182 305. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the upward move of the U.S. trucking market in the second half of 2016 that carriers start to control cost and capacity while searching for new opportunities. Topics include improving freight volumes in the DAT North American Freight Index after the Memorial Day weekend and addition of new jobs at for-hire trucking firms in July. Also cited are increase in overall business inventories, rise in the Nielsen consumer confidence index and deployment of new technology.

According to a survey conducted by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the trucking industry spent $14 billion in 2022 on safety compliance, maintenance, and training. The survey collected information from carriers on various expenses related to safety, including hours of service, inspection logs, drug tests, and safety technology. The ATA emphasized that carriers of all sizes are committed to reducing crashes and making highways safer. While trucking regulations provide a baseline for safety, the industry goes beyond compliance by investing in technologies, training, and incentivizing safe driving behaviors. [Extracted from the article]

The scarcity of drivers, truck/trailer units, and overall commodity production impacts short-haul trucking companies no matter who you are, what you transport, and how you deliver it to your customers. Your digital system(s) does not meet your unique short-haul needs such as multi-stop, multi-drop, multi-commodity, and multi-billing and/or real-time driver messaging, immediate job feedback and job history. Manual Management Hybrid Management Automated Management B Who is Qv21?. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses about economic aspects of increase in inventory levels in some areas of the retail sector in the U.S. as of June 2022. Topics discussed include relationship between inventories- to-sales ratios, American economic slowdown due to the pandemic and report of the U.S. Census Bureau regarding increase in inventory level.

The article focuses on the slow pace of recovery in the trucking industry. Trucking companies being short of a full recovery from the 2008-2009 recession is presented wherein 2013 second quarter year-over-year revenues of the 10 largest carriers increased by less than one percent. The slow-paced recovery as helping trucking is discussed wherein management focus is shifting to protecting sustainable profits rather than gaining market share. INSET: 'Leaner' Carriers Reap Fatter Profits.

The article discusses the move of original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and vehicle logistics providers to address their needs for the expansion of trucking capacity in North America in 2013. Scott Mize, national manager for vehicle logistics at Glovis America, believes that a shift in production and driver shortages in the region will have an effect on trucking capacityKirk Williams, president of Proficient Auto transport, explains the need to increase driver productivity.

The article looks at various factors that must be considered by shippers when selecting freight shipping modes and carriers to transport goods efficiently. Diego Lobo of JBS USA cited those the company uses to ship goods, including ocean container. According to Gary York of C.H. Robinson, he prefers truck shipments due to the flexibility in terms of speed and destination. It also mentions the environment as another factor to consider in determining how to ship goods.

The article discusses the increase in truckload rates caused by an increase in shipping demands by around three to 10 per cent in the U.S. in June 2010. According to the author, despite this economic trend, some truckload carriers are restraining capacity expansion because it can hinder their financial recovery efforts. He adds that the rates of truckload are up to eight to nine per cent over in 2009 and it is expected to increase to 10 to 12 per cent in the coming months.

The article reports a 17 percent drop in the revenues of the top 50 carriers in the U.S. trucking industry in 2009 due to the global financial crisis. There also has been a shift in market share between carriers and industry segments. Revenue dropped from 94.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2008 to 78.5 billion U.S. dollars. Several charts and graphs are also presented showing trucking industry figures.

The article offers information on U.S. truckload carriers pushing for double-digit 2021 rate hikes in the U.S. It mentions that David Jackson, president and chief executive officer of Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings on lack of sufficient truck drivers to seat tractors as the key factor driving up truckload rates.

The article offers information on the challenges faced by the truckers and the shippers due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. It discusses the plans of the truckload carriers to reduce the truck capacity in the first quarter of 2020. It mentions the supply chain disruptions in the shipping industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reports that tank truck carrier Distribution Technologies Inc. has repositioned itself as a dedicated contract carrier. Efforts to improve operating efficiencies and driver safety; Impetus of corporate name change; Financial initiatives like spin-offs and management buyouts.

The article reports on change in cross-border trucking between the U.S. and Mexico. Topics discussed include increase in U.S. bound shipments to transloading facilities at the border, deconsolidation and reloading shipments at cross dock, increase in number of trucks crossing the border, hauling of goods by Mexican carriers rather than picking U.S. trailer and prediction of expansion of transloading and cross-dock operations.

The article offers information on impact of closure of LME, a midwestern less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, on LTL industry of the U.S. Topics discussed include need for shippers to ask their trucking providers to share information on financials, as well as service and price; closing of LME after the unexpected bankruptcy of northeastern carrier New England Motor Freight; and information on collapse of Consolidated Freightways.

The article discusses how companies have taken advantage of America's decision to deregulate interstate trucking. The flexibility created by relaxing the country's regulatory role in interstate trucking has created more distribution choices for users of transport services and direct profit opportunities for private fleet operators. The author explains that the passage of the Motor Vehicle Act of 1980 helped spark this change. The law, among other things, removes most of the Interstate Commerce Commission's jurisdiction over compensated intercorporate hauling, which is paid-for-truck transport conducted by one company for an affiliate. To illustrate, the author cites the case of Rich Products Corp., who took advantage of the deregulation to reorganize its entire operation to provide goods transportation for other companies.

The article reports that electrical-equipment maker Square D Co. is challenging the antitrust immunity given to roads, trucking lines and other common carriers by filing a lawsuit to the high court to remove the immunity in the U.S. The administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan supports the challenge, arguing that such lawsuits are a fair trade-off for the partial freedom common carriers have won through deregulation.

The article focuses on private trucking, which has been opted by shippers instead of public carriers. It says that in order to save money and time, shippers have been abandoning public carriers and already employing their own trucks to transport their goods. According to Private Carrier Conference of the American Trucking Associations managing director Vincent L. O'Donnell, private trucking has boomed since World War II. Meanwhile, public transportation has been affected by the private trucking.

The article discusses the need for shippers to work on developing better data sets with their transportation partners for lowering trucking costs instead of focusing on lower less-than-truckload (LTL) rates. It cites the disconnect between the need of carriers and what shippers believe LTL carriers need to have a good response to a request for proposal (RFP). It also notes the great amount of data that shippers and carriers deal with adding difficulty to validating, capturing and sharing data.

Information about tank truck cleaning during the National Tank Truck Carrier Inc.'s Tank Truck Cleaning and Environmental Council's annual seminar on April 4-5, 2011 in Austin, Texas is presented. The event has addressed the equipment side of the business wherein topics have covered on-demand boiler technology, cleaning vat efficiency, and pump maintenance. As addressed by Mike Algermissen of Miura North America Inc., wash racks could gain efficiency by switching to on-demand boilers.

Information about the statements among executive attending during the National Tank Truck Carriers meeting in Dallas, Texas is presented. Topics include hot to encourage customers dealing with drivers to look at carriers as a resource to sustain the industry. Also proposed was the implementation of the electronic logging technology for the safety among drivers. Moreover, one of the speakers during the event, Dan Baker, has advocated a job description, the professional driver mentor.

The article informs that U.S. shippers are paying to secure rail and truck capacity that rate increases have canceled each other out in a race to the top, delivering no real change in intermodal savings for spot market shippers. It mentions that Cargo owners with annual contracts are finding higher value in their intermodal agreements.

The article discusses Bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure deal passed the Senate last month by a 69-30 vote, with 19 Republicans in favor—including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, 2,702-page bill is the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" program, and he hailed it as "the most significant, long-term investment in our infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century.

The article offers brief profile of the retail stores company 99 Cent Only Stores and discusses its logistics support services. It mentions that the company was founded in the year 1982 in California and the company-owns a fleet of 2009 Freightliner Century Class tractors. It reports that the natural gas powered vehicles used by the company was delivered through a public-private partnership project.

The article offers information on impact of hurricane Harvey and Irma on trucking industry and shipping industry in the U.S. Topics discussed include estimate for utilization of the active truck fleet by FTR Transportation, utilizing contract carriers base load volume, and impact on freight economy and gross domestic product.

Ward Best, the vice president of Atlantic Bulk Carriers, recently was re-elected as the chairman of the Virginia Trucking Association (VTA), which is the statewide trade association for Virginia's trucking industry. Atlantic Bulk, the largest tank-truck carrier in Virginia, handles liquid and dry materials, including hazardous and non-hazardous commodities ranging from chemical compounds and mined aggregates to plastic resins. [Extracted from the article]

GLO:2261/01Jun20:14n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): Fleets are urging their drivers to avoid potentially dangerous situations. In times like this and since COVID-19 started, the American Trucking Associations and state trucking associations have put out detailed information", Brewster said. [Extracted from the article]

This article reports that expedited trucking is not just cheaper, but is often faster and more reliable than shipping by air. It has become an accepted wisdom to say that shippers and forwarders are increasingly turning to expedited trucking services to move cargo within the U.S. because the costs are so much lower than shipping by air. It is opined that truckers are not just cheaper but in many cases provide better service and deliver the cargo faster. However, distance is still a limiting factor for truckers. Regional overnight and time-definite two-to-three day services are becomingly increasingly precise in the U.S. market, but it's still problematic to move an express shipment via ground that has to travel long distances. INSET: Moving Air Forward.

Explains that freight buyers and shippers need to do a deep-dive on their carriers and find out how well their chosen providers are managing their own internal costs and how much of a priority service levels are. Factors contributing to the increase in truckload and less-than-truckload shipping rates in the trucking industry; Examples of the internal costs of shippers; Significance of educating shippers and freight buyers about the carriers' cost structures and concerns to their business relationship. INSETS: LTL pricing outlook;Investing in the future.

The article deals with freight rate increases implemented by U.S. carriers which negatively affected shippers who in return launched protest. The rate increases were aimed at less-than-carload traffic or at shippers who want extra service. Details of the rate increases implemented by rail and truck lines, freight forwarders, steamships, and overseas airlines are presented.

Reports on the issue over transportation service surcharges in the United States. Carriers' passing along of higher diesel fuel costs in the form of surcharges; Trucking companies' slowdown in tonnage and shipment levels since mid-2000; Status of railroad business in the first half of 2001; Airfreight rates.

Reports on trends in the truckload carrier sector in the United States, as of March 2001. Reputation of truckload companies; Challenges facing truckload carriers; Factors affecting profitability in the sector; Demand for drivers in the sector; Effects of traffic congestion o carriers' pickups and deliveries. INSET: LTLs Elbow Into TL Space.