FMCSA codifies sod turfgrass as ag commodity, for now The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said in a Federal Register notice to be 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 […]

Spot truckload freight rates increased for the second week in a row, bucking typical trends for late July, said DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT One load board network. Spot rates usually taper off during July, but they’ve been elevated as shippers and freight brokers turn to the spot market to help them manage imbalances in their

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Aug. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PowerFleet, Inc. (Nasdaq: PWFL), a global leader and provider of subscription-based wireless IoT and M2M solutions for securing, controlling, tracking, and managing high-value enterprise assets, announced it will be outfitting a large portion of the full Day & Ross trailer fleet with PowerFleet’s LV-500 solar tracking solution and

DALLAS, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — TriumphPay, the nexus of billing and payments in the transportation industry, today announced its platform is now fully integrated with HubTran, a leading transportation industry automation platform. The integration allows carriers get paid faster by allowing brokers to approve paperwork in the HubTran platform within seconds of its submission by carriers

You have probably heard the words “Digital Freight Marketplace,” or DFM, used across our industry, but we’d like to offer a primer on what makes a DFM different than a Digital Freight Brokerage, or an online brokerage that connects freight shippers with carriers via apps and the internet – in most cases inefficiently. DFMs are

Article written by Khyathi Dalal A significant portion of the Day & Ross, freight and delivery solutions provider, trailer fleet will be outfitted by PowerFleet’s (PWFL -2.2%) +9.4% PM, LV-500 solar tracking solution and the PowerFleet LV-710 freight camera. For efficient and effective equipment utilization, Day & Ross will deploy PowerFleet’s product across 3K trailers thereby optimizing shipping lanes management and cost effective

Article written by Hariesh Manaadiar What are the biggest changes to the pharma and medical supply chains since COVID-19..?? What has become obsolete and what new industry trends to look out for..?? What will the “new normal” in pharma and medical supply chains look like..?? These are some of the questions that keep logistics service

Article written by Todd Dills By April, freight in hotshot sectors had fallen off the cliff. Some direct clients had shut down entirely. Many hotshotters were relying on spot loads that everybody and his brother also were relying on — or at least hoping to. Now imagine your three-truck business and its equipment is barely a year