FTR reports that its Shippers Condition Index should stabilize throughout the year. “However, a tightening of the trucking spot market in June may foreshadow less robust conditions for shippers in the near term,” according to FTR. FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for May fell sharply to 24.8 from the extraordinarily high pandemic-impacted 41.3 April reading. […]
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Article written by Cristina Commendatore According to a private industry notification from the FBI, research into a selection of self-certified ELDs found the devices did “little to nothing to follow cybersecurity best practices and were vulnerable to compromise.” In a private industry notification, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cyber Division warned that cyber criminals could exploit
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BluJay Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain software and services, has released version 20.2 of its transportation, distribution, and compliance software applications. BluJay’s latest version offers expanded capabilities to provide advanced data sharing, capacity planning, and shipment tracking to optimize payment, insurance, and compliance processes across global supply chains. “Over the last several months
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Article written by Todd Maiden Management will no longer ‘wait’ on perfect time to advance growth initiatives Forward Air truck on highway (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) will continue to pursue the less-than-truckload (LTL) market more heavily now that the worst of the pandemic-related freight declines appear to be in the rearview mirror.
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Innovation makes it easier to identify waste and inefficiencies while meeting customer demands and minimizing operational disruption. Editor’s note: The following column by Dave Norton, Vice President, Customer Solutions and Support, The Raymond Corporation, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column, a series featuring ideas, opinions and insights from end-users, analysts, systems integrators and OEMs. Click here to learn about submitting
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Article written by Todd Maiden TL volumes and rates expected to turn positive On its second-quarter earnings call with analysts, members of truckload (TL) carrier Schneider National’s (NYSE: SNDR) management team said they expect TL volumes to be higher year-over-year in the third quarter. Prior to the market open on Thursday, the Green Bay, Wisconsin-based
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Image: FourKites FourKites has introduced Dynamic Yard, a new software that gives companies visibility all of their facilities based on real-time, in-transit, and in-yard freight data and analytics. The new software can reduce detention costs and optimize operations, according to the company. Dynamic Yard integrates yard, dock, and gate control products acquired from TrackX with
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Road Ready by Truck-Lite, a Clarience Technologies brand, offers a complete overview of a trailer’s environment, inside and out Clarience Technologies is participating in a program with Penske Truck Leasing and Penske Logistics to evaluate its Road Ready by Truck-Lite trailer telematics system. Launched in 2017, Road Ready offers fleets a complete overview of a trailer’s environment, both inside and out, using a
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Article written by Madeline Hester What do we mean we say “company culture”? For some employees, it means virtual happy hours. For others, charitable contributions to important causes that reflect the company mission’s statement. It can be a high standard of delivering the best work. Or it can simply be “fun.” “I know that sounds
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TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is encouraging fleets to begin working with electronic logging device (ELD) suppliers ahead of a scheduled June 12, 2021 deadline that will mandate the equipment. Trucks operating in Canada will be limited to using devices that go through a third-party certification process to ensure devices comply with
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