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How to Create a Truckload Strategy That Works in Any Market

Talking Logistics

The key to a great truckload strategy is aligning capacity communities with attribute segments of your freight portfolio. Your first objective is to segment your freight by some primary attributes. We have been studying truck freight attributes and strategies since 2006. Capture backhaul freight that aligns with their needs.

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Hanjin, Hurricanes, Harvests May Boost Truckload Rates

DAT Solutions

The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. Hanjin's exit strands 89 ships worldwide containing some $14 billion worth of cargo, much of which was headed to the U.S. That means higher volumes, and likely higher freight rates, just when weather starts to turn ugly.

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The Truck Driver Shortage and the Rising Cost of Everything

Freight Plus

In 2018 shippers are paying more for freight that takes longer to move. Joyce Brenny, head of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, tells. Drastic cost increases in the freight market can have a butterfly effect throughout the economy. "I So how can shippers save money on freight and mitigate some of these costs?

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FMCSA Grants $1 Million to Veterans Who Want to Be Trained as Truck Drivers

GlobalTranz

These specific grants, distributed through the FMCSA’s Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training (CMV-OST) program, will be given to 9 technical and community colleges around the country from Florida to Minnesota, Nebraska to Virginia. Transportation trucking'

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

UK freight shipping costs quadruple after Brexit, COVID. Hy-Vee is also administering the Moderna vaccine to frontline health care workers in Iowa and Minnesota. And finally, a combination of Brexit and a new strain of COVID have pushed the cost of moving freight from France to the UK to more than four times the usual level.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

It marks the latest step in Mayor Eric Adams’ “Blue Highways” plan to shift more of the city’s freight off the streets and onto the rivers and harbors. The request seeks an engineering firm to design barge landings and access points where e-bikes and small delivery vehicles can transport cargo for the “last mile” of its journey.

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Volta Logistics: To Grow Quickly, You Need the Right Tools

DAT Solutions

Paul, Minnesota-based company, both Schleper and Nadeau had spent years working for other brokerages. Although Volta will move any type of freight, the company specializes in overweight and over-dimensional cargo types that require flatbeds, open decks and step decks. Connecting with customers. Before founding the St.