3sixty News and Views

How To Find High-Paying Loads in a Down Market

Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:14:00 GMT

First, the bad news: In the first quarter of 2008, 935 trucking companies closed their doors, according to Donald Broughton, a transportation industry analyst with Avondale Partners. In total, an estimated 42,000 trucks - 2.1% of the nation's capacity - were idled in the first three months of 2008, Broughton said. Economic growth has slowed in the U.S., and overall freight levels are flat. Truck tonnage rose by 0.5% in May, but the market is likely to remain soft through year end, according to American...(read more)

Brown saves customers up to $1M per year with trailer tracking

Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:55:00 GMT

"Companies that don't use satellites to track trailers? If they have more than 50 trailers, they're probably not competitive any more," warned Kevin Slaughter, vice president of Operations for James Brown Trucking in Lithonia, Georgia. "If you're running 100 trailers you'd better be tracking them...probably six are not producing. Of those six, two or three are gone and you're never going to get them back. The rest are idle and you don't know where they are," he said, adding that the financial blow...(read more)

Set Smart Goals and Save Fuel

Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:48:00 GMT

In TransCore's recent webinar, produced in conjunction with Transport Topics , we discussed programs and technologies that carriers are deploying to improve bottom-line profitability. The webinar is called "Survive & Thrive: Fuel Incentive Programs and Bottom-Line Tools." Download and view the fuel incentives webinar , or read more about fuel incentive programs. To get started, here is a three-step action plan, adapted from our Survive and Thrive webinar: Step 1: Set SMART goals: Set quarterly...(read more)

Load boards connect carriers with reliable partners and freight

Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:30:00 GMT

Need a load for your flat? You’ll find it faster on the 3sixty™ Freight Match or DATconnect.com ® load boards. Powered by the legendary DAT ® Network, these TransCore freight matching services enable carriers and brokers to post and search by equipment type and lane. You can set alarms in DATconnect.com or 3sixty Freight Match, so the system will alert you automatically when additional loads are posted that fit your requirements. These and other smart searching tools are unique to TransCore load...(read more)

Reduce risk in minutes with a carrier watch list

Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:52:00 GMT

Protect your company against risk by automating verification of carrier authority, safety and insurance coverage. It's easy - and it's free! - with the CarrierWatch service that is included in 3sixty TM Freight Match and DATconnect.com. Create a carrier watch list, and TransCore will monitor your selected carriers. Your list will be updated automatically, and you can choose to receive alerts whenever the status changes on any of the carriers on your watch list. There are two ways to create a carrier...(read more)

TransCore load boards offer variety in truck types, fleet sizes

Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:57:00 GMT

Need a flat? You'll find it faster on a TransCore load board. Powered by the legendary DAT® Network, TransCore's freight matching services offer the industry's most varied selection of trucks, by equipment type and carrier fleet size. As part of the company's routine diagnostic testing, TransCore runs frequent truck searches in five U.S. states. Each state tested is representative of its geographic region. TransCore's usability experts also compare the performance and composition of our freight matching...(read more)

Do's and Don'ts of Hiring Safe, Reliable Carriers

Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:22:00 GMT

DO: Exercise due diligence in hiring carriers. Check the insurance, operating authority and safety rating. Get a copy of the carrier's insurance certificate , and check to be sure that the name on the policy matches the company name on the operating authority. Sign a broker-carrier agreement that specifies that the carrier will comply with all applicable regulations. DON'T: Assume that the carrier's insurance, authority and safety rating are unchanged since the last time you checked. Rely on the...(read more)

Agent-based brokerage Network FOB minimizes risk with CarrierWatch

Editor — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:15:00 GMT

“We did not have a single uninsured loss,” said Tim Taylor. Taylor, founder and President of Eagan, Minnesota-based freight brokerage Network FOB, was reviewing his perfect record for the 18 months since Network FOB began monitoring carriers with TransCore’s CarrierWatch SM. Taylor relies on CarrierWatch, along with other TransCore products and services, to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs. Taylor runs the operation with help from TransCore’s 3sixty™ Logistics Suite, a transportation...(read more)

Survive & Thrive: Fuel incentive programs and bottom-line tools

Editor — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:54:00 GMT

To view the webinar, simply follow the link below, click the Playback button, fill in your name and email address, and then click Submit.

Playback the Survive and Thrive webinar and decide for yourself how you can save money on fuel and operating costs.

For example, do you know the most cost-effective ways of reducing or eliminating these fuel thieves:

Speeding costs you about 1/10th of a gallon of fuel for every MPH over 60
6-10% of every trip can be attributed to out-of-route miles
An average of $9,102 per truck/per year is spent on idling (based on 264 days on the road)

Learn why attendees are rethinking expensive solutions like APUs that solve a single-problem (idling) and adopting tools that can remedy speeding, out-of-route, idling, and more.

Survive and Thrive: Fuel incentive programs and bottom-line tools

Editor — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:26:00 GMT

To view the webinar, simply follow the link below, click the Playback button, fill in your name and email address, and then click Submit . Playback the Survive and Thrive webinar and decide for yourself how you can save money on fuel and operating costs. For example, do you know the most cost-effective ways of reducing or eliminating these fuel thieves: • Speeding costs you about 1/10th of a gallon of fuel for every MPH over 60 • 6-10% of every trip can be attributed to out-of-route miles • An average...(read more)