Freight Transportation

Analysts expect the percentage of cargo booked and shipped through completely digital platforms to double to nearly 20% by 2024. To accommodate this rapid growth, large forwarders are investing heavily in digital offerings for booking, quoting, tracking, and invoicing—the ones who don’t will be left behind.

In this podcast, Tony Hatch offered up his views on various aspects of the freight railroad and intermodal sectors, including: market conditions, service levels, volumes, capital expenditures, and safety, among other topics.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, for Logistics Management and Peerless Media, interviews Dale McClung, Vice President, Supply Chain Services, for Blue Bell, Penn.-based CLX Logistics, a provider of logistics services for chemical shippers.

A theme within freight transportation, supply chain, and logistics circles, which is always among the key “top of mind” themes, is the state of the economy, from various perspectives, whether it be, in our case, a freight or macroeconomic perspective.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chad Kennedy, Group Product Manager for DAT Freight & Analytics.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Chad Kennedy, Group Product Manager for DAT Freight & Analytics.

In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviewed Ian Jefferies, President and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Association of American Railroads (AAR).

In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviewed Ian Jefferies, President and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based Association of American Railroads (AAR).

According to 200 transportation and logistics professionals surveyed by Flock Freight and Drive Research, only 55 percent of shippers filled their trucks to capacity last year. The rest were unable to fill 25 out of 53 linear feet of deck space. The combined empty space on trucks revealed an even greater cost for businesses: one in five truckloads (TL) shipments moved completely empty in 2022. The cost of shipping air is compounded with substantial fees, damage, and shipment delays tied to the freight industry’s...

2022’s deflationary market conditions gave shippers more flexibility and service options. In 2022, consumer buying habits slowed given the rising inflation rate and global trade seemed to come to a halt — thus resulting in a deflationary market. Shippers began to see an excess in inventory leftover from last year’s demands.

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.

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.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Mike Regan, Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Officer, at TranzAct Technologies.

TIA’s latest 3PL Market Report shows members have managed to grow business despite challenging conditions.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Mike Regan, Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Officer, at TranzAct Technologies.