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Covid-19 and Shipping

Many of our customers have been asking, "How has the current Covid-19 crisis affected shipping rates, transit times and the shipping b...

3PL Trends in 2018

2018 is already turning out to be the year of 3PL. Researching the logistics trends in 2018, I came across an article that stated th...

New Year in Shipping

Happy New Year! We hit an ALL TIME HIGH in the last week of 2017 in all facets - TL, LTL and Reefer...flatbeds leveled out, but vans &a...

ELD Mandate - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

The ELD is basically an electronic logging device — used to electronically record a driver’s Record of Duty Status (RODS), which replaces t...

LTL ETA's - Nothing is Guaranteed Unless You Pay

LTL shipments are the fastest and most economical way to move a shipment larger than a parcel, but smaller than a truckload consistin...

Internet and Bluetooth Advances

Experts say "By the year 2020, there will be 25 billion connected devices in use, representing a 30-fold increase over today" rep...

How to Class LTL Freight

For Example: Freight class: concrete furnishings, benches, balusters, ashtrays, tables, etc. After much research and some trial and err...

Solar Advancements for Refrigerated Trucks

We just read an awesome article about solar energy specifically for refrigerated trucks. This is a cool new alternative to maintain a green...

Safe Packaging

All freight is usually handled several times during transit, often by different carriers. It must be packaged to protect it from scuffing, ...

LTL 101 - Less than Truckload

LTL is the transportation of relatively small freight, but larger than regular parcel mail like what would normally ship via FedEx Ground, ...

TL 101 - Truckload

TL is the transportation of large amounts of homogeneous cargo, generally the amount necessary to fill an entire semi-trailer or intermodal...

Shipping 101

When shipping your commodity by land, there are 4 basic options to choose from: LTL - Lighter Than Truckload  FTL - Full Truckload  Re...