How Small Shippers Can Still Save Under Current Market Conditions
Truckload rates are skyrocketing and capacity is tightening. In typical supply and demand fashion, as demand rises – so will costs. LTL carriers are leveraging market conditions and benefiting from TL carriers rejecting lighter loads. What does this mean for...
Freight Forwarder vs. NVOCC: What’s the Difference?
Even people who have been in the industry for years have trouble differentiating between a freight forwarder and an NVOCC (Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier). Although they are two different types of providers, they do have a lot of cross over. So what’s the...
4 Reasons to use a 3PL
There are a multitude of advantages that businesses can utilize by outsourcing their logistics and supply chain needs to a third party logistics (3PL) provider. While every 3PL is unique in how they operate and what they provide their clients, many offer the same...
The ELD Mandate is here, and it doesn’t seem to be going away
Yes, there are some carrier delays. Yes, we’re seeing capacity tighten as non-compliant drivers and carriers aren’t able to move freight. And yes, there’s a strong chance this will make shipping costs go up. But there are some positive aspects to the mandate that are...
A Volatile LTL Environment
2018 is a few short weeks away, which means the big industry mystery will be revealed. How close to that 50,000 mark will the American Trucking Association’s driver shortage prediction be? If that trend were to hold true, the ATA predicts that shortage to surpass the 174,000 mark by 2026. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen.