Freight brokers need to find shippers in order to connect them with carriers and move freight. How do freight brokers find shipper is an age-old question and one new freight brokers need answers too. Here are seven ways how freight brokers find shippers. For freight brokers to find shippers,...

INDIANAPOLIS — It is a job that is often overlooked, but it serves a critical function. The trucking industry is experiencing a record driver shortage. The shortage comes at a time when there are plenty of opportunities available for those who want to step in for the ride. “The...

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – The man who shot and killed a tractor-trailer driver in an alleged road rage incident on Friday night claims he fired his weapon in self-defense, Metro police officials said in a statement Saturday. Police confirmed Friday that one person died in a shooting after...

Lee Steward and Darren Ryan of Morrison Freight, a firm based on a three-acre site in Great Blakenham, claim they want to be on the front-foot – despite not knowing how the current discussions between the Government and the European Union will affect their business. Morrison Freight has...

Last Monday, November 26th, DOT announced all fines for any federal trucking-related violations will increase, effective immediately. The initiative is intended to keep up with inflation and is required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The...

Hot Shot Driver Requirements Hotshot driver requirements are different from traditional class-8 truck drivers. Hot shot trucking does not require a CDL (commercial drivers license) if the driver hauls truckloads that are under 10,000 lb. All hot shot drivers will, however, be required to file...

A fire caused by electrical wiring destroyed the office of a trucking company in Warsaw last Tuesday morning. Seven fire companies were on hand for three hours at Baker & Baker Milk Haulers at 5313 Davies Road. The estimated loss is $75,000, according to the Wyoming County Office of...

As an owner-operator, you know you need to find loads to haul. Your business is based on running as many loaded miles as you can in order to maximize your profits and mileage. One great way to find loads is through online freight matching services, also known as load boards. These websites...

One-time regional player rides wave of renewed oil and gas development with new terminals and more drivers. Beemac Trucking started out with “two trucks and a dream” in the post-deregulation era, says Chief Operating Officer Richard Casoli. Thirty-four years later, the dream has gotten...

Freight brokerage and transportation management services provider Arrive Logistics recently announced it has opened up a new office in Chattanooga, Tenn. This is the company’s third location, as it also has offices in its corporate headquarters in Austin, Texas, and Chicago, Ill. Arrive...

It is a software platform called Emerge that allows shippers and carriers to book loads, track shipments and source new capacity in what is being described as a private freight marketplace. In our fifth episode of RoadSigns, we ask: How far can we go in terms of automating freight...

MONTGOMERY The co-owner of a garage that burned in Montgomery on Saturday afternoon said the building is a total loss. About six area fire companies responded to a two-alarm fire at the garage off Route 17K about 12:30 p.m.The garage is co-owned by Mary Briggs and her husband, Frank, who lived...

– There is no appetite in Washington to reduce trucking regulations, but there is great potential to make the regulations that trucking operates under more sensible. He said electronic logging devices (ELDs) are generating the data needed to fine-tune trucking regulations, including...

A Chattanooga-based startup that has set a goal of becoming a billion-dollar enterprise in data analytics, trading and coverage of the logistics industry has formed a new partnership with the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) to enhance how trucking firms of all sizes can assess their...

Siphiwe Baleka was once a champion swimmer for Yale University, who just barely missed out on qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team. Being physically fit was always a part of his life. That was, however, until he became a truck driver. Within two months, he gained 15 lbs.—or 10% of his...

Today, Nov. 11, our country celebrates Veterans Day. Since formal celebrations will be Monday to provide folks a three-day weekend, perhaps the alcohol aficionados will have time to nurse their hangovers. Every American should know why we celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. The day originated...

Truck driver Gary Hartley know this first-hand.I don’t believe in talking on the phone while I’m driving, he said while on a break at a Sapp Bros. truck stop on a recent fall morning. He said hes been driving for more than 40 years Since his career started, Hartley said his...

Following on from a record 2017, the Freight team at Air Partner has enjoyed a busy and fruitful first half of the financial year, winning cargo mandates from a variety of new and existing customers. As was recently announced in Air Partner’s interim results, Freight gross profit was up...

This 1911 Walker Electric Model 43, displayed in the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, was a milk delivery truck in downtown Chicago. The Walker brand, native to Chicago, was in production from 1906-1942, longer than any other electric truck in the U.S.WALCOTT, Iowa A few hundred miles away from...

We’re already well into 2018, and a lot has happened in the logistics and transportation industry. The ELD mandate continues to be a controversial topic, we’re keeping an eye on the current capacity crisis, the industry is soaring to new technological heights with autonomous vehicles, and...