If you are a shipper in the United States today, then you have by now surely seen the effects of the Interstate Truck Drivers Hours of Service regulations. Since the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) implemented the regulations in July of 2013, the trucking industry as a whole has had to adjust to comply…
Category: Logistics and Supply Chain
Working Around America’s Driver Shortage
The trucking industry is fond of the saying “When the trucks stop, so does America” and unfortunately that tidbit of trucker insight happens to be true. Those who have shipped anything on a pallet in the last fifteen years are undoubtedly aware of the incipient driver shortage affecting the North American freight industry. The American…
Supply and Demand for Seasonal Freight Markets
Supply and Demand – The Ebb and Flow of the Seasonal Logistics Market If you have ever taken an economics class, then you are more than aware of the significance of that phrase. The economic phenomena dictate the value at which goods are marketed sold and purchased based on that goods availability and the consumer…