Top-3 Trends Affecting the Trucking Industry in 2018
Much has been written over the past several months about the big changes sweeping through the trucking industry. Obviously ELDs are at the top of everyone's lists and I will be publishing a post about the Top-10 but for now let's have a look at the big three headliners.
America’s Largest Carriers Reported All-Time High Profits in 2017! How About You?
How was your second half of 2017? How was your fourth quarter? I hope it was good. It was pretty great for some of the largest carriers in America. It was really great for us. I remember reading in a report the other day that the average spot market rate went up by 35%. That is huge! Ours was more like 50% more money which was fantastic since expenses stayed the same.
Who Plays More Games on Their Smartphones – Men or Women? Answer inside!
I love stats. I like being able to take a bunch of data and segment it, cut it up, and make something useful out of it. It takes time and knowledge but the end result is eye-opening. This is one reason I love reviewing our analytics data for the many web properties owned by American Freight Trucking, Inc. What I love more that this is when a huge global conglomerate like Google does the number crunching for me. They also tend to make prettier charts. So when this post hit my inbox, I absolutely had to write about it. I think you just might find it eye-opening, much like I did. So here goes.
The Highest Monthly Average Van Rate Ever Recorded in DAT Trendlines
National Van Rates Break Records in January 2018. To be more precise, the average van rate for January 2018 was just a tad over $2.25/mile. That is not bad at all for an "average" rate. Imagine if you were working with a dispatch company who consistently booked you at an "above-average" rate per mile. Compared to December 2017, just a month prior, when prices were already beginning to increase once the ELD mandate hit the books, prices were up an average of
AFT Dispatch – Truck Dispatching in Murray, Utah
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I talk to a lot of independent owner operators every day. I find out how they're doing, what's going well, what they could use some help with. What I find interesting is how in all the years I've been doing this, I've only ran into one trucker who full-heartedly enjoys filling out those pesky packets.
As of this writing, we've been in business just under six years and in all these years, I've only met one such person.
