Same story, freight budgets are under pressure again and carriers want raises. After a long period of uneven demand, soft capacity, and changing rate conditions, …
FTL-to-LTL Downmoding: Fuel Surcharges, TMS Decisions, and the Capacity Crunch Reshaping Freight
Why shippers are downmoding to LTL to cut fuel costs
Carrier Safety Crackdown: Why It’s the New Corporate Guardrail
The freight industry is navigating a subtle but profound shift in how risk is managed. While headlines frequently focus on individual legal battles—such as the recent implications surrounding Montgomery v. Caribe Express—the true narrative is much larger than any single broker, carrier, or court ruling.
Navigating LTL Costs – with Clarity and Control
A dive into the complex world of Less Than Truckload (LTL) so to unravel the challenges of understanding this spend.
Top 5 Freight Factors Before Moving Your Distribution Center
Optimize your transportation network first! Top 5 freight factors before before relocating your distribution centers
Inside the Shadow World of Chameleon Carriers
Chameleon Carriers: How rogue fleets rebrand to dodge the law
Teamsters Pensions After Yellow Freight Bankruptcy: What Shippers Need to Know
As union carriers like ABF and TForce navigate similar risks to the 2023 bankruptcy of Yellow Freight, understanding the pension liability is key to making decisions on carrier choices and whether carriers with these obligations are sustainable solutions.
Commingling Trailer Space
Comingling trailer space for Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) shipments represents the next frontier in lean logistics, maximizing trailer efficiency and cutting costs. With recent technology, shippers can find open trailer space to comingle their shipment with a multi-stop truckload.
Breaking Down the 2025 NMFC Changes: What Shippers Need to Know
What does a shipper need to know about the upcoming changes to SMC3’s National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) changes in July 2025? As the National …
Intermodal Transportation: Separate vs Single Source
Comparison of the two methods of managing intermodal service, which improves costs of conventional Over the Road transportation: 1) Piecing together Origin Drayage, Rail, and Destination Drayage separately from different companies, or 2) Have one company manage the distinct legs.
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