Some Takeaways from the 2014 Surface Transportation Summit Part 2 – Shipper-Carrier Collaboration

10 years ago

At the 2013 Summit, Jacquie Meyers, President of Meyers Transportation Services, made shipper-carrier collaboration a “hot topic” with an impassioned plea to both sides to take a more enlightened approach to working together. Her argument was that this is the best way to reduce freight costs. Since this plea resonated so well with the attendees, […]

A Shipper’s Guide to Preparing for Dimensional LTL Pricing

10 years ago

Freight costs have historically been calculated on the basis of gross weight in kilograms or pounds. By charging only by weight, lightweight, low density packages become unprofitable for freight carriers due to the amount of space they take up in a trailer or container in proportion to their actual weight. Dimensional weight is also known […]

The “Fun” is Back in the LTL Freight Industry

10 years ago

As I look at the LTL freight transportation today, it is hard to believe that just a few years ago, this was one of the most battered sectors of the freight industry. The LTL freight industry took a tremendous pounding during the Great Recession as business volumes contracted by about twenty-five percent. As operating margins […]

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