Transportation Management

In the United States, according to the DOE, on-highway diesel fuel prices were $4.849 per gallon on 3/7/22, up $0.745 from a week earlier and $1.706 from a year earlier. This sharp increase in [...]

Beginning on January 22, 2022, "the Department of Homeland Security will require non-U.S. individuals [including truck drivers] seeking to enter the United States via land ports of entry and [...]

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that was signed into law last month in the US includes funding for "setting up an apprenticeship pilot program for commercial driver’s license holders [...]

This week's question was submitted by one of your peers in our Indago research community. This executive asks, "Given the direction the less-than-truckload (LTL) industry is heading in with [...]

With all of the transportation-related challenges companies are facing today, transportation management systems (TMS) are back in the spotlight. Is your company currently using a TMS? Which [...]

If your contract rates are well below spot rates, and you’re experiencing high tender rejection rates, then that’s usually a sign that you’re misaligned with the market. How frequently do you [...]

Last week, Uber Freight announced that it is acquiring Transplace (disclosure: Transplace is an Adelante SCM client). As the companies state in the press release, this acquisition "will create [...]

In transportation and logistics operations, large quantities of data from ELDs, mobile apps, sensors, transportation management systems, and other sources are created and shared every day. How [...]

Industry reports indicate that shippers are using the spot market more than ever to find truckload capacity. This suggests that contracted carriers are rejecting tendered loads. Is your tender [...]

As reported in the Wall Street Journal recently, in response to the current truck transportation market in the U.S., Dollar General Corp. plans to expand its private trucking fleet to bring more [...]