The global supply chain seems to be slowly recovering from the years of damage due the COVID-19 pandemic. Many carriers started 2023 with a positively cautious outlook as their near-term profitability inched closer to reality. The spot rate steadily climbed back closer to the $2.00 per mile threshold, but a recent crash in the spot […]
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After almost three years of global supply chain issues, many supply chain managers still have a bleak outlook going into 2023 with most believing the supply chain will not be back to normal until at least 2024. One reason there is hope that supply chains will stabilize after this year is due to the introduction […]
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As 2022 comes to an end, many of the recessionary fears that have existed throughout the year have not gone away. Many experts theorize that these fears may come to realization in the new year. The memories of the recent freight recessions in 2008 and 2019 still haunt the thoughts of many freight professionals, as […]
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The U.S. Transportation Department announced last week that it has approved $1.5 billion in grants to improve 26 projects on highways, multimodal freight, and rail operations across the United States. After last week’s labor dispute, which almost brought the nation to the brink of a potentially catastrophic railroad strike, the negotiators had to resolve countless […]
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On April 1st, the U.S Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the new fuel economy standard for 2026, which undid the standards enacted under the Trump administration. This new standard will make vehicles more fuel-efficient, decrease oil consumption, decrease the impact fluctuating oil markets have on consumer wallets, and reduce transportation emissions.
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Mainland Fuels, a traditional convenience store located in Liverpool Ohio, switched to Guttman Energy after struggling with inconsistencies and poor customer service with their previous fuel supplier. The customer expressed interest in searching for other providers for regular and E-10 gasoline in 2021 and quickly chose Guttman Energy, since receiving rave online reviews of having […]
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On November 15th, President Biden signed his $1 trillion infrastructure plan into law. The funding will span over a five-year period with more than half ($550 billion) being allocated to transportation, broadband and utility projects. The infrastructure legislation will also put $110 billion into improving roads and bridges, $66 billion in freight and passenger rail […]
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Every year across America truckers and the trucking industry face countless struggles. One of the most overlooked issues that the trucking industry faces is the constant changing of the weather. Over the past couple of months there have been snowstorms in the Texas and California causing roads to shut down. There have also been hurricanes […]
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The week of July 11 through July 17 is Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week. During this time, law enforcement will be pulling over and giving citations to drivers of commercial motor vehicles and passenger vehicles violating the rules of the road, including speeding and unsafe driving behaviors. This is in an […]
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Freight rates are booming, and new truck production constraints means that truckers are looking at low mile used trucks to take on the road. According to an article from Freight Waves, “New truck production, beset by shortages of microchips that power critical vehicle functions, and through-the-roof commodity prices, is only beginning to recover but manufacturers […]
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