Firm’s new service offers a patent-pending rate calculator for pricing oversized and overweight loads, which includes up-to-date state permit fees and escort costs.
Cloud-based freight service provider FR8 Revolution is rolling out a new “heavy haul marketplace” called “FR8Star” that includes a patent-pending rate calculator for pricing oversized and overweight loads, including up-to-date state permit fees and escort costs.
Truckload freight logistics services provider Transfix has introduced online load booking and rate negotiation capabilities for carriers. The added features allow truckers and carriers “to find desirable loads and book them instantly or expedite nego…
Truckload freight logistics services provider Transfix has introduced online load booking and rate negotiation capabilities for carriers. The added features allow truckers and carriers “to find desirable loads and book them instantly or expedite nego…
FedEx Corp. reported that profits rose 3.7% on a year-over-year basis in its fiscal third quarter after a holiday season that Chairman and CEO Fred Smith called “outstanding,” although results fell short of the consensus forecast from industry analysts.
FedEx Corp. reported that profits rose 3.7% on a year-over-year basis in its fiscal third quarter after a holiday season that Chairman and CEO Fred Smith called “outstanding,” although results fell short of the consensus forecast from industry analysts.
FedEx Corp. reported that profits rose 3.7% on a year-over-year basis in its fiscal third quarter after a holiday season that Chairman and CEO Fred Smith called “outstanding,” although results fell short of the consensus forecast from industry analysts.
Less-than-truckload companies hoping to capitalize on e-commerce are offering shippers short-term storage in terminals and shifting more business from Class 8 trucks to Class 5 and Class 6 straight trucks, according to industry executives.
Less-than-truckload companies hoping to capitalize on e-commerce are offering shippers short-term storage in terminals and shifting more business from Class 8 trucks to Class 5 and Class 6 straight trucks, according to industry executives.
However, 2017 is still looking like “a better year” for the industry, according to one analyst.
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said its for-hire truck tonnage index slipped 0.1% in February following a 2.9% increase in January, with the index down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis when compared to February 2016.
However, year-to-date when compared with the same two months in 2016, the index is only off 0.1%, noted Bob Costello, ATA’s chief economist, in a statement.
However, 2017 is still looking like “a better year” for the industry, according to one analyst.
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said its for-hire truck tonnage index slipped 0.1% in February following a 2.9% increase in January, with the index down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis when compared to February 2016.
However, year-to-date when compared with the same two months in 2016, the index is only off 0.1%, noted Bob Costello, ATA’s chief economist, in a statement.
