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Growth strategies: Page 2

Business
Is your technology investment glass half full or half empty?
ROI often overlooks complex costs, those that the accountants can’t easily or reliably measure or allocate.
July 31, 2024
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Business
Sustainability initiatives bring ‘double-bottom line’ to carriers
By leveraging sustainability initiatives, businesses can improve their bottom line while contributing to a more sustainable future.
May 8, 2024
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The pendulum always swings
It is a matter of when, not if, the market will change and the pendulum swing the other way.
May 6, 2024
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Growth strategies
What to expect from a dedicated contract carrier
Moving to a dedicated contract carrier relieves companies from all the headaches associated with transportation and logistics.
April 24, 2024
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Growth strategies
A trucking dispatcher's guide to growth
Dispatchers should envision themselves as general managers of a fleet, wielding control over significant profit levers.
February 16, 2024
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Growth strategies
Roadrunner makes swift expansion to Canada
Noted as its largest expansion in five years, less-than-truckload services provider Roadrunner has rolled out 135 new lanes to its network, which now includes Canada.
February 6, 2024
Roadrunner announced it largest expansion in five years.
Growth strategies
Steering through economic uncertainty: Five strategic financial moves for transportation businesses in 2024
As we navigate the uncertain economic waters leading up to 2024, transportation businesses must employ various financial tactics to ensure resilience.
January 11, 2024
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Growth strategies
Who were the winner's of Yellow's terminal auction?
The bidders’ asset purchase agreements were signed the week of Dec. 4.
December 20, 2023
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Growth strategies
XPO launching in-house OTR operation
XPO said on Tuesday it is kicking off an in-house, team driver, over-the-road operation in Dallas and Phoenix.
October 24, 2023
XPO OTR semi hauling doubles
Technology
Tech that helps small to mid-size carriers fight against a volatile economy
The freight market will see slow growth over the next year. These three technologies can help carriers survive and even thrive in a stagnant economy.
October 23, 2023
Angry truck driver
Mergers & Acquisitions
Experts expect M&A in the transportation and logistics industry to thrive in 2023
Despite choppy economic waters in 2022, many M&A deals got done, and that trend is expected to continue in 2023, though the size and structure of deals will differ, along with a shift in the types of company profiles targeted for acquisition.
February 5, 2023
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Business
Becoming more attractive to modern shippers
Carriers that can confidently answer questions about labor, sustainability and location will be the most desirable for shippers moving forward.
January 25, 2023
Blue semi
Growth strategies
Resolve to run your business by the numbers
The revamped TCA Profitability Program has successfully brought carrier members together to benchmark their performance based on their actual operating ratios and key performance indicators (KPIs) for more than 20 years.
January 23, 2023
accountant using calculator
Business
Cash flow key to surviving freight down cycle
It takes money to make money and while it can seem the smart play in times of volatility, sitting on cash can cost a fleet in the end.
October 25, 2022
Trucks at a dock
Business
How to succeed in sales without really trying
I grew up in the trucking industry, the machine shop industry and the "hell no we won't co" anti-war movement.
October 11, 2022
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Business
Trucking's peak season unlikely to 'peak'
A massive shift to ecommerce, dropping retail inventories and record inflation serve as early warning signs that transportation's peak season might not actually peak.
June 30, 2022
driver unloading boxes
Ecommerce
3PL GoBolt expands to US with goal to reach 12.75M households with EVs
The company has ordered 170 electric vehicles to service its existing markets New Jersey and Los Angeles and its upcoming operations in Houston, Miami, Dallas, Austin and Atlanta. The company plans to eventually be in every major U.S. city.
May 17, 2022
GoBolt's electric van
Business
Trucking is changing. Are you adapting?
There brews a perfect storm for disruption in trucking much bigger than deregulation was a generation ago.
April 8, 2022
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Driver churn costs fleets $13K, report shows. Is tech helping or hurting?
A new report suggests that technology in the cab is having a greater impact on driver retention with more than half of drivers surveyed saying it influences their decision to remain with a fleet.
Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Wednesday introduced the Dalilah Law–legislation that would require states to take specific measures to get illegal alien truck drivers off America’s roads to receive federal Department of Transportation funding.
Regulations
Trump's Dalilah Law introduced into Senate, DOT funding tied to state compliance
President Donald Trump used Tuesday night's State of the Union address to call on Congress to pass a bill that bars any state from granting commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to illegal immigrants.
Regulations
Trump champions more CDL reforms in State of the Union, calls on Congress to pass new law
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Test Drives
Test drive: Mack's brand-new Pioneer
The Detroit Gen 6 DD13 and DD15 engines will be available beginning in January 2027, with Gen 6 DD16 production following in January 2028.
Trucks
Detroit readies rollout of new 2027 engines
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