Source: DAT According to DAT Solutions, spot truckload rates for van, refrigerated, and flatbed have all seen increases since last month, with supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 pushing more freight to the spot market at a time when demand for truckload capacity usually declines. Shippers and freight brokers posted 8.6% more loads during the

Article written by Matthew Elenjickal I’ve written previously about how I founded FourKites in 2014 to help shed light on the vast blind spots that exist throughout our complex and interconnected global supply chains. Our focus for the first several years was to build a state-of-the-art platform that would give the world’s biggest shippers, and their carrier

Article written by Ben Ames Echo Global, BluJay say freight networks must adjust to thrive-or-survive conditions. The coronavirus pandemic may have hamstrung the nation’s economy, but as opposed to imposing a unilateral recession, its impact has created broad imbalances in freight capacity, transportation sector leaders say. Even as some sectors are nearly idled by travel

FleetOps, a Toronto, CA-based data-driven freight marketplace, raised $6m in seed funding. The round was co-lead by Inspired Capital and Resolute Ventures, along with Hike Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Newark Venture Partners, BCF Ventures, Panache Ventures, and Brian Thomas. The company intends to use the funds to further deploy its technology and proprietary dataset to brokerages

FMCSA interprets sod turfgrass as ag commodity, for now The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in a Federal Register notice published Aug. 5 that it interprets sod turfgrass as an agricultural commodity, thus allowing sod haulers to operate under the same hours of service waivers as other ag haulers. The agency, in response to an hours waiver

In the most recent episode of Transportation Matters, the CEO-Podcast of Daimler Trucks & Buses, Martin Daum talks with Dr. Sigrid Nikutta, CEO of DB Cargo AG and member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bahn In the most recent episode of Transportation Matters, the CEO-Podcast of Daimler Trucks & Buses, Martin Daum talks with