As an owner-operator, you know you need to find loads to haul. Your business is based on running as many loaded miles as you can in order to maximize your profits and mileage. One great way to find loads is through online freight matching services, also known as load boards. These websites can save you a […]
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One-time regional player rides wave of renewed oil and gas development with new terminals and more drivers. Beemac Trucking started out with “two trucks and a dream” in the post-deregulation era, says Chief Operating Officer Richard Casoli. Thirty-four years later, the dream has gotten bigger and moved well beyond trucks to third-party logistics. Established in
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Freight brokerage and transportation management services provider Arrive Logistics recently announced it has opened up a new office in Chattanooga, Tenn. This is the company’s third location, as it also has offices in its corporate headquarters in Austin, Texas, and Chicago, Ill. Arrive officials said this new Chattanooga office was established in order for the company
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It is a software platform called Emerge that allows shippers and carriers to book loads, track shipments and source new capacity in what is being described as a private freight marketplace. In our fifth episode of RoadSigns, we ask: How far can we go in terms of automating freight transactions? Hear a snippet above from
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MONTGOMERY The co-owner of a garage that burned in Montgomery on Saturday afternoon said the building is a total loss. About six area fire companies responded to a two-alarm fire at the garage off Route 17K about 12:30 p.m.The garage is co-owned by Mary Briggs and her husband, Frank, who lived there. The two operated
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– There is no appetite in Washington to reduce trucking regulations, but there is great potential to make the regulations that trucking operates under more sensible. He said electronic logging devices (ELDs) are generating the data needed to fine-tune trucking regulations, including hours-of-service. To lobby for fewer regulations when fatal truck crashes are trending upwards
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A Chattanooga-based startup that has set a goal of becoming a billion-dollar enterprise in data analytics, trading and coverage of the logistics industry has formed a new partnership with the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) to enhance how trucking firms of all sizes can assess their performance. This week it is joining with the carriers group
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Siphiwe Baleka was once a champion swimmer for Yale University, who just barely missed out on qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team. Being physically fit was always a part of his life. That was, however, until he became a truck driver. Within two months, he gained 15 lbs.—or 10% of his total body weight—and his
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Today, Nov. 11, our country celebrates Veterans Day. Since formal celebrations will be Monday to provide folks a three-day weekend, perhaps the alcohol aficionados will have time to nurse their hangovers. Every American should know why we celebrate Veterans Day on Nov. The day originated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11 a national holiday. World
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Truck driver Gary Hartley know this first-hand.I don’t believe in talking on the phone while I’m driving, he said while on a break at a Sapp Bros. truck stop on a recent fall morning. He said hes been driving for more than 40 years Since his career started, Hartley said his record shows him as
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