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LTL carriers never went out of their way to court firearms manufacturers despite the financially desirable characteristics of hauling dense and heavy freight. In the wake of the spree of mass shootings in the U.S. over the past month, one […]

With a wave of import containers expected from Shanghai’s reopening and peak season just around the corner, North Europe’s box port hubs, worryingly, remain severely congested. Huge stacks of empty containers and hundreds of frustrated export boxes have built up […]

Trailers have never been more in demand, or harder to get. That is making it harder for trucking companies to meet increasing shipper demand for drop-and-hook trailer pools. In the long term, however, the 53-foot trailer may replace the truck […]

The relatively small decline in the benchmark price of U.S. diesel masked a day in oil markets that was crazy even by recent standards. A drop of 3.2 cents was recorded in the weekly national diesel price of the Department […]

Newly released data from a Truckstop.com survey shows that the post-lockdown surge of small carriers who entered the trucking industry in 2020-21 are finding recent “challenges”—the exploding cost of fuel chief among them—too much for them to stay in business […]

According to two change of operations requests, less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. has begun the process of consolidating terminals in its Western network. The company seeks to consolidate 20 YRC Freight and Reddaway facilities and close nine. An accompanying letter to […]

Gasoline prices are increasing almost daily, pinching the wallets and pocketbooks of nearly all Americans with cars. However, as bad as that news is, diesel prices are surging even more across the country. Today’s truck stop retail diesel prices hit […]

A marked increase in US manufacturing activity in the first quarter indicates more freight will hit the highway this year than in 2021, countering fears of a sharp downturn in overall demand for the US trucking market. US retail sales, the other […]

It’s a requirement today that companies constantly improve their supply chain efficiency to remain competitive and protect margins. Unfortunately, it’s common for many shippers to overlook some of the low-hanging fruit within their logistics network that makes accomplishing those goals […]

The national average price per gallon of diesel gasoline headed down but remained over the $5 per gallon mark, according to data issued this week by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). Falling $0.071 cents, this week’s national […]