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GOCON, a digital transport aggregator platform that connects operators (Trailers and Truckers) with shippers, on-boarded the collaborative P-CaSo platform. GOCON is known for its ability to deliver effective transportation solutions [...]

Portall has announced its partnership with Return Trucks (RT), an innovative digital platform that connects transport operators (trailers and truckers) for seamless cargo shipment. A focus on one-way loads and [...]

U.S. Xpress Enterprises reported the expansion of Full Ride, a college scholarship program, to include technicians and their families. According to a release, launched in September 2018, U.S. Xpress' Full [...]

U.S. Xpress Enterprises reported the expansion of Full Ride, a college scholarship program, to include technicians and their families. According to a release, launched in September 2018, U.S. Xpress' Full [...]

U.S. Xpress Enterprises reported the launch of 'Full Ride,' a college scholarship program for drivers and their families. According to a media release, the U.S. Xpress Full Ride scholarship program [...]

Serving lengths of haul of 300 to 600 miles, finding the right markets, as well as the right marketing strategies are believed to be the key drivers of truckload profitability. Other views and information on creating value for truckload are presented.

Private fleets are getting a lot more attention r these days and projected to grow at 10 percent over the next several years. As the trucking industry continues to struggle […]

Twenty years ago, it was easy to classify companies such as Ryder/P-I-E, Consolidated Freightways and Yellow Freight System as less-than-truckload carriers: simply put, that was the type of freight they [...]

Alaska has one mile of road for every 42 square miles of land, whereas the U.S. average is one to one. Based on that fact, alone, one might conclude transportation […]

With heat dancing off the pavement, cars up ahead shimmer In the afternoon sun. Inside the new Freightliner, a console jammed with instruments and switches curves around the air-suspended driver's [...]

Let's face it. There are 585,677 'top' trucking companies in this country, because there are 585,677 trucking companies registered with the Department of Transportation, as of last August. Every one [...]

We are pleased to present the new edition of Transport Technology Today (T3) Product and Service Directory. This comprehensive listing of nearly 300 companies is a resource that offers an [...]

Operating ratios in the high 90s. Anemic earnings with profit margins, where there are any, averaging about 1 percent. Rampant bankruptcies -- 7,500 the past two years and perhaps another [...]

Now that it's generally accepted that truckers are taking away air shipments in the U.S. domestic market, surface operators are sending a new and more aggressive message to air specialists: [...]

The numbers are impressive, mostly because the numbers are you. Small parcel shipments are on a steady incline. United Parcel Service, in business now for more than 90 years, delivers [...]

Models of travel cost and congestion reduction are presented that are aimed at constructing distribution models for crossdocking terminals. The potential impact on costs in the less-than-truckload trucking industry and potential productivity gains are included.

Cargomatic says it is bringing its local trucking revolution to Northern California. After several months of beta testing, the company has officially launched service in the San Francisco Bay Area, [...]

The scarcity of truck drivers has steel companies, who rely on trucking to transport 55% of their production, a little worried. Nevertheless, the steel producers are still managing to transport their products even though they are finding it increasingly difficult to find the needed trucking companies. Trucking rates have not even increased because of improvements in trucking technology resulting in improved efficiencies. Trucking companies have taken advantage of the resulting savings by increasing the drivers' salaries., Steel Dynamics loads trucks in ten minutes. U.S. Steel holds Driver Appreciation Day The auto and appliance industries are demanding customers. So it isn't surprising that steel companies are relying [...]

Is a shipment still air freight when it never sees an airplane? Shippers and forwarders are finding new beauty in a transport standby - trucks When David Keane needs low-cost, [...]

The names of companies that provide products and services to the beverage industry are presented. The company names are organized by the type of machinery or supply or by the type of service offered. Each of the product types are listed under general categories that include processing and packaging equipment, ingredients, amd shipping and delivery services.

The beverage industry will use the services of third-party providers of integrated logistics for distribution in the 21st century, according to speakers at the Jan 1997 Ryder Beverage Industry Forum. Executives of Ryder Transportation Services described their services in improving beverage delivery while cutting costs. Also discussed were new truck design and the environmental aspects of underground storage tanks., After a dozen years of covering the world of beverage distribution, the Ryder Beverage Forum has more to offer than ever before. Covering the topic of beverage distribution and transportation [...]

The different motor carriers are listed under each type of service offered. Some companies such as Central Transport, Hermann Transportation Services, Ohio Pacific Express Inc., Roberts Express Inc. and United Van Lines are listed under several headings due to their multiple services. Among the service descriptors are automobile transporter, bulk hauler, common carrier, frozen-foods carrier, intermodal, regional carrier and specialized heavy hauler.

As America's economy grows, so does the volume of freight transported by truck. That's good news for trucking, since the combined revenue of the U.S. domestic freight transportation industry is [...]

With estimates of total transportation costs typically ranging from five to seven percent of sales--and rising--it behooves executives of small-to-midsize businesses to pay much closer attention to both outbound and [...]

Here's how shippers are achieving top-notch customer service with the help of their transportation partners. Editor's Note: This article is Part II of a special three-part series on logistics quality. [...]

It began with J. B. Hunt and Santa Fe. Schneider National signed on. A number of smaller truckload motor carriers looked at what Hunt and Schneider were doing with rail […]

Money-back guarantees are the latest trend in the trucking industry particularly in the regional trucking sector. Regional motor carriers offer their customers refund of freight payments if they fail to provide high quality overnight and two-day delivery services. As a result, these trucking companies show improvement in their qualtity and customer services aside from the increase in their freight volumes.

Confish Inc markets and delivers fresh and frozen catfish to accounts through refrigerated truckload carriers. The company's reception of an emergency delivery demand forced it to accept an offer of refrigerated LTL service, which was called the Pallet Reefer, from Saia Motor Freight Line Inc. The service was so successful that Confish turned over its business to Saia following tests and evaluations in 1988., Dick Stevens wasn't having any problem servicing his major accounts. The president of Country Skillet, Inc., a producer of fresh and frozen catfish based in Isola, Miss., had a number [...]

Libbey-Owens-Ford Co manufactures and supplies automobile and architectural glass. The company uses rail and truckload carriers with long-term, smooth running contracts for shipping more than 90% of its product volume. However, the glass-making firm encountered severe problems in the process. Thus, it decided to single-source its LTL freight. Roadway Logistics Systems was chosen to provide outsourcing services., By outsourcing all of its LTL management to Roadway Logistics Systems, glass making giant LOF has eliminated problems with vendor routing compliance, saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in transportation [...]

Railroads have often been beaten by trucking companies in the competition for pulp and paper mills' transportation needs. Customers prefer trucking because it allows quick delivery, low onsite inventory, small order sizes and short order lead times. Rail lines are also suffering from uncompetitive prices, inefficiency and government regulation. However, the boom in recycling activities within the paper industry is giving a much needed boost to railroads. Companies such as Consolidated Rail Corp are already offering a wide array of improved services to win a big share in the movement of waste paper., Focus on efficiency and competitive rates, as well as recent increases in wastepaper movements, assist in regaining two decades of lost business Truck vs rail. Except for a small amount [...]

Phosphorous pentasulfide is a hazardous material if there ever was one. Hazardous, but essential. It makes cars and trucks run better and more efficiently. Refiners use the chemical as an [...]

CONTRACT FREIGHTERS, INC. 2900 DAVIS BOULEVARD P.O. BOX 2547 JOPLIN, MISSOURI 64803 PHONE: (417) 623-5229 CFI TRANSPORTATION VALUE Since 1951, Contract Freighters, Incorporated, 'CFI,' has been working to perfect the [...]

They're going where the business is. The nation's largest longhaul LTL carriers, frustrated by their struggle with a market that is flat at best, are turning to regional operations to [...]

If your company had the opportunity to save tens of thousands of dollars a year or more, would you pass it up simply because of a corporate philosophy that maintains, [...]

Ritchie Gage [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many of those monster long haul semi-trailers rolling along North America's highways are piloted by Manitoba-trained drivers and they are some of the best drivers on [...]

Sweeping Changes In South American Trade The easing of trade restrictions in many South American countries has given rise to new expectations for the advancement of containerization and intermodal service [...]

As recession fears turn into reality and (at this writing) a major military action in the Persian Gulf turns the business and economic outlook into a big question mark, transportation [...]

Cashing-in On Trucking The meat and potatoes of the U.S. transportation network is trucking. Every air freight shipment is transported via truck at least twice. Trucking companies generate more than [...]