From Amazon’s speculative shipping patent to Rolls Royce’s shipping drones … World Bank logistics competitiveness ratings (by country), to a late-session spending bill signed into law that suspends enforcement of the 34-hour restart provision for US truck drivers...
As the U.S. economy grew through 2014, with consumer demand and housing starts rising, trucking companies found themselves scrambling to find drivers to bring goods to market, Reuters reported: “The industry is short about 35,000 truck drivers, according to industry...
Carriers that employ increasingly powerful transportation management technologies are lowering their transportation costs and increasing their margins, according to a report on truckinginfo.com: "Some view technology as a way to increase profits while others see it as...
Keeping up means keeping ahead. Here's a look at what’s happening and some revealing questions about what might happen next. 2014 saw gains in freight capacity demand, stretching operations and drivers thin. Many sources anticipate more growth in 2015. Can you...
Trucking companies have been reducing transportation costs with a variety of tactics ranging from employing increasingly effective transportation management systems like Nationwide’s TruckTrack™ to managing their own inbound freight, according to a Supply Chain Digest...
Steadily increasing freight capacity demand has stretched many operations thin. The solution for many shops is to manage their equipment needs with Nationwide one-way trailers. In many cases, it’s least stressful and most profitable to use one-way trailers in your...