39 posts tagged with “trucking”

Truck stop safety is becoming a measurable carrier-management issue as women drivers report harassment, parking gaps, and facility access problems that affect retention and service reliability.

April ATA truck tonnage was flat with March but up year over year. For shippers, that stability is a capacity planning signal, not permission to ignore the truckload market.

Averitt’s planned Louisville regional logistics campus shows why shippers are rethinking regional freight networks around integrated capacity, shorter linehauls, and resilience.

Small trucking bankruptcies show why carrier financial health, insurance status, tender behavior, and lane concentration should be live routing-guide controls.

LTL carriers are pushing through 5–8% GRI increases in May 2026 as capacity tightens. Here's what the data says, why it's happening, and how smart shippers are responding.

ACT Research forecasts firmer rate floors and accelerating contract pricing through 2026. C.H. Robinson data points to mid-single-digit LTL increases. Here's what shippers need to know — and do — before the market tightens further.

Ocean rates stabilizing, trucking costs up 16–17% YoY, and air cargo facing fuel-driven capacity constraints — Q2 2026 is exposing shippers who plan by mode in isolation. Here's how to optimize your multimodal mix.

Q2 2026 is producing a rare freight market anomaly: ocean rates in freefall, trucking capacity tightening, and air cargo rates spiking. Here's how smart shippers are exploiting the divergence.

ACT Research calls 2026 a structural transition year. ATA puts the driver shortage at 82,000 and climbing. The EPA 2027 pre-buy cycle is next. Here's why truckload capacity is on a cliff edge — and what shippers must do now.

Nearly 40% of fleet operators are more worried about cargo theft than a year ago. With organized theft rings using fake carrier identities and forged pickup numbers, the industry's security playbook is broken. Here's how shippers need to respond.