article thumbnail

Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

Currently, most driverless opportunities are limited to secure private zones or closed environments, such as warehouses, campus environments or last mile runs from depot to front door. Make no mistake, driverless vehicles are here to stay, driver shortage or not. In a tight market, it never hurts to shop your contracts.

article thumbnail

Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Houston is also a major freight hub for rail and sea traffic, as well as trucking, including trade with Mexico by land and with South America and other regions by sea. It's just not safe.

Freight 70
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

As we move into the back half of May, the freight market is starting to show signs of an expedited rebound. . Th ese conditions have caused a more favorable freight environment. That is e specially the case for outbound freight in southern states and California where produce season is in full swing. .

Freight 52
article thumbnail

How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

Led by Amazon, the largest ecommerce companies have reset shoppers’ expectations for freight costs and delivery time. Design a Warehouse Network that Gets You Closer to Customers. But the same package sent only 107 miles from Oklahoma City to Tulsa would be Zone 2. Learn more about Ware2Go’s Warehouse SOP’s.

article thumbnail

Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Currently, this has not made a substantial impact on the freight market, but we are seeing signs that the industry is beginning to recover. Additionally, according to Freight Waves, “outbound tender rejections have increased week-over-week for the first time since the OTRI peaked at 19.25% on March 28.”. Southeast Logistics.

article thumbnail

How Hurricane Florence affects freight

DAT Solutions

Big weather events like this usually affect the spot freight market in three stages. Before the storm , there’s urgency to move freight into the area or out of the way of the storm’s path. Some of those loads are already being tendered to freight brokers and 3PLs, who post them on DAT load boards.

Freight 83
article thumbnail

Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

To effectively track each state’s progress in reopening and how freight is impacted, we will publish a market update for the coming weeks as the country eases out of lockdowns. . Increases in volumes started climbing this week steadily but still down 10-15% year-over-year according to Freight Waves’ Sonar indexes. .