Carrier Blog

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...(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...(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...(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...(read more)

Freight Facts: Spot market shows uptick

Editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:41:00 GMT

Load Trends (March) According to TransCore’s Market Research, availability of exception freight in March continued to improve both on a month to month and year over year basis. March exception freight volumes improved by 40% when compared to February....(read more)

25,000 or more truckload lane rates in less than 10 minutes with Rate Index Pro

kenharper — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:41:00 GMT

Rate Index ™ Pro for Bulk Rate Pricing and Real-time Negotiations Based on 12 Million Actual Freight Bills Respond to RFPs quickly and painlessly with Rate Index Pro. Anyone involved in truckload lane rate pricing and contract negotiations will appreciate...(read more)

Transport Topics Webinar May 15: fuel incentive programs to help you survive tough times

kenharper — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:14:00 GMT

On May 15, at 3 pm EDT, TransCore and Transport Topics will host a webinar featuring survival tactics for carriers, including fuel incentive programs to control the ever-escalating cost of fuel and asset utilization analyses that have saved companies...(read more)

Satellite trailer tracking and monitoring lets TFG Transport speak with facts

kenharper — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:12:00 GMT

Tom Genecco has seen it all during his career in freight transportation. He’s a carrier-broker based in Buffalo, New York, and his family has been in the business for three generations. Genecco rolls his eyes when he talks about life before TransCore’s...(read more)

With TruckVote.com you can Keep on Votin’

kenharper — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:10:00 GMT

2008 offers one of the most interesting political races in recent memory. For the first time since 1952 the presidential race contains neither a sitting president nor a vice president, and we could see the first woman or African American president in...(read more)

"Hot Fuel" burns a hole in drivers' pockets

kenharper — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:04:00 GMT

The phrase “hot fuel” refers to diesel fuel or gasoline sold at retail pumps at temperatures higher than the century-old government standard of 60 degrees. That is the temperature used in the petro-chemical industry to measure all petroleum liquids. At...(read more)

4 reasons why you should try 1click2call in 3sixty Freight Match

Editor — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:37:00 GMT

1click2call is a great new feature of our 3sixty Freight Match load board that lets you place calls to prospects and customers directly from the load board. 1click2call uses Skype, a free PC-to-PC phone service that lets you call any other Skype user,...(read more)

5 reasons why fuel cards make sense for your business

Editor — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:12:00 GMT

By Michael Lee, Fleet-Tech Transport Services We’re all (painfully) aware of the rising price of fuel and its effect on the bottom line. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that diesel fuel averages about $3.33/gallon across the U.S.,...(read more)

NEW 3sixty Freight Match: You wanted better searching (and we delivered)

Editor — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:39:00 GMT

We've been asking the carrier industry what we can do to make our load boards better. You've been telling us...and we've listened. This week we've released a new version of 3sixty Freight match that answers a critical carrier request: Make it easier to find the right load...(read more)

FMCSA releases Interim Final Rule on hours of service: 11 hours still OK

Editor — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:10:00 GMT

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or hanging out on a sunny beach someplace—lucky you), you probably heard that the FMCSA decided to retain the maximum 11-hour driving limit and restart provision for carrier fleets (along with most of the other provisions), at least for the time being.

They cited studies showing that driving for 11 hours is as safe as driving for ten, a claim that’s hotly disputed by many drivers’ organizations.

What’s your experience? Do you think the FMCSA will change its mind? Do you think they should? Post a comment here (by filling out the "Leave a Comment" form, below).

We're helping our troops to phone home. Want to join us?

Editor — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:07:00 GMT

It’s always hard when family members can’t be home for the holidays, but it’s especially tough when they’re soldiers, stationed overseas. Many of us at TransCore have loved ones serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait and, proud as we are of them, we...(read more)