20 Apr Load Boards Evolve Load boards have changed a lot from their humble beginnings about 40 years ago. Long gone are written notes tacked up on truck stop bulletin boards to help drivers find freight, or using telephones at truck stop restaurant tables and paying expensive long-distance rates to get loads lined up. Read more...
20 Apr Information Age Arrives for Small Carriers The use of technology is no longer a novelty but a necessity in the trucking business — for carriers of all sizes. Read more...
20 Apr Where’s That Shipment? Shippers Demand Precise Load Tracking to Improve Supply Chain Operations Shippers are demanding more precise information about the location and status of their shipments, and transportation and logistics providers said they are using multiple load-tracking platforms to collect and share that information. Read more...
20 Apr The AI Wars Have Arrived Hackers are now arming themselves with artificial intelligence to relentlessly probe the defenses of companies’ computers so they can strike those networks at just the right time and just the right place, according to IT security pros. “Hackers are innovative,” says Stephen Gates, chief research intelligence analyst at Zenedge, an AI security provider. “They’re using automation, bots, artificial intelligence — and the only way to fight back is to pit robot against robot.” Read more...
20 Apr Global Finance Chiefs Told Trade Tensions Are Hitting Confidence Trade tensions between the United States and China risk eroding business and investor confidence, even as global growth enjoys its best upswing in years. Read more...
20 Apr Cyber Defenders: How Fleets Are Preventing Hackers From Disrupting IT Systems, Stealing Data Cybersecurity threats are growing in both number and sophistication, forcing transportation companies to take additional steps to prevent these attacks from crippling their information technology systems, compromising proprietary data or potentially even disrupting trucks’ electronic controls. Read more...
20 Apr Trump’s Claim of ‘Oil All Over the Place’ Isn’t True Anymore President Donald Trump’s assertion that OPEC is propping up oil prices amid oversupply and an excess of floating storage has a problem: It’s only half true. Read more...
19 Apr Editorial: Cash in Hand, Behind the Wheel If you pay them, will they come? Motor carriers have been boosting driver pay at a steady clip lately. It seems that a week can’t pass without a company announcing that it’s boosting compensation, be it on a per-mile basis or through bonuses and incentives. Read more...
19 Apr Marten Reports Higher Profits, Revenue in 1Q Marten Transport Ltd. reported higher profits and revenue in the first quarter of 2018 as the Mondovi, Wis.-based truckload carrier benefited from lower taxes and stronger demand for freight hauling. Read more...
19 Apr Ina Daly Crowned Grand Champion in Arizona State Truck Driving Championships Competing in the tanker class, XPO Logistics Inc. trucking legend Ina Daly earned grand champion honors at Arizona’s truck driving championships and again secured a spot to the national tournament in August. Read more...