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Looking at the state of the transportation and logistics M&A market with Ben Gordon
March 14, 2024
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Ben Gordon, founder and managing partner of Palm Beach, Florida-based Cambridge Capital, and managing partner of Ben Gordon Strategic Advisors.
Supply Chain Currents Part I: Is there a different way to move freight more effectively?
March 1, 2024
This is the first of two columns that visits the concept of “index-based variable-rate pricing” as a way to establish more market stability for both shippers and carriers.
J.B. Hunt heralds new multiyear intermodal deal with Walmart
February 26, 2024
J.B. Hunt Transport signed a multiyear deal with global retail giant Walmart, with a key component of the deal being its acquisition of Walmart’s intermodal assets, including its operational intermodal container and chassis fleets.
Looking at factors driving truckload spot and contract rates with DAT’s Ken Adamo
February 7, 2024
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Ken Adamo, Chief of Analytics for DAT Freight & Analytics.
2024 Global Logistics Outlook: Crisis mode lingers
February 1, 2024
Figuring out how to emerge from this ongoing maelstrom will remain a challenge for shippers everywhere in 2024. With that in mind, let’s focus a few areas around the globe where extra care and diligent logistics management will need to be applied to keep operations—and budgets—in check.
Forward Air’s acquisition of Omni Logistics becomes a done deal
January 26, 2024
Following a previous announcement earlier this week, in which key financial terms of a previously-announced deal were amended, Greenville, Tenn.-based asset-light freight and logistics services provider Forward Air said its acquisition of Dallas-based Omni Logistics, an asset-light, high-touch logistics and supply chain services provider owned by Ridgemont Equity Partners, is now official.
Preparing for the freight rate increases expected in 2024
January 18, 2024
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Freight Payment 2024: Useable, actionable data now table stakes
January 10, 2024
Shippers are the main beneficiaries of new freight audit and payment data. They’re now tapping into more auxiliary services such as freight bidding, modal analysis and international services—and the most savvy operations are benefiting by realizing lower, better-managed freight bills with analysis thrown in for good measure
PITT OHIO Wins 2023 Penske Logistics Freight Management Carrier Award
January 8, 2024
PITT OHIO honored for its less than truckload innovative solutions.
While the economic outlook remains mixed, reasons for optimism remain intact
December 11, 2023
There are a whole host of mixed economic messages, signals, and indicators, perhaps more so now than at any other time, especially over the past five years or so.
Freight economy review with Matt Muenster, Chief Economist, Breakthrough
December 6, 2023
In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Matt Muenster, Chief Economist for Green Bay, Wisc.-based Breakthrough, an innovator in transportation management, dedicated to creating transparent and fair strategies for the world’s leading shippers.
Digital Freight Matching (DFM) Roundtable: Swift momentum amid an uncertain economy
November 6, 2023
With excess capacity and lower rates, the digital freight matching (DFM) market is keeping its eye on the ball as the segment ramps up to leverage AI to gain visibility and improve real-time monitoring capabilities.
Higher diesel prices and weaker freight volume drive down FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index
October 20, 2023
For August, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI reading was -12.54, well below July's -5.34 reading and June's -6.29 reading.
13th Annual Rail/Intermodal Roundtable: Emerging optimism?
October 3, 2023
Three of the nation’s top market analysts examine the current state of the freight railroad and intermodal markets, including a look at pricing, service levels, ompetition with other modes, and the slow—but steady—implementation of automation.
DAT’s Caplice Reviews Spot Market Strategy for 2024 Budget Planning
September 11, 2023
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Dr. Chris Caplice, Chief Scientist at DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America and DAT iQ, the industry’s most trusted source of market analysis and truckload pricing data.