Not long after Garner Trucking began working with KSM Transport Advisors, the Ohio-based truckload carrier learned an uncomfortable truth about the biggest customer on its freight network.
“We’re losing money doing it. But it was a lot of freight,” Garner President and CEO Sherri Brumbaugh said.
Brumbaugh recalled the episode in a discussion with KSM President David Roush during the FreightWaves Carrier Summit on Wednesday. The pair talked about how truckload carriers can improve their...
The worst part of any truck driver’s day is being stuck in dwell time, unexpectedly sitting in a warehouse parking lot for hours, waiting to drop off or pick up freight. In-transit stops and waiting for appointments to transport the next load compound that frustration.
San Francisco-based technology provider Baton, recently co-founded by Stanford University graduates and entrepreneurs Andrew Berberick and Nate Robert, is developing a solution to help long-haul truckers reduce their dwell.
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Carriers looking to attract more drivers may have to get creative with recruitment, as well as consider raising pay or adding bonuses, said Rob Hatchett, president of SeatMyTrucks.
FreightWaves’ JT Engstrom talked with Hatchett Wednesday during the FreightWaves Carrier Summit. The event, with headline sponsor Blume Global, is streaming live Wednesday and Thursday on FreightWavesTV and on freightwaves.com.
“I think for the month of September, we’re going to see a bunch of driver pay increases or...
If 2020 has proved anything to supply chain participants, it is that digitization is here to stay. COVID-19 has placed the focus on logistics and the supply chain like never before. Craig Fuller, founder and CEO of FreightWaves, said the pandemic has given supply chain and logistics intelligence “a front seat inside of every organization that has any type of physical goods movement.”
Fuller welcomed Blume Global CEO and President Pervinder Johar for a special Fuller Speed Ahead episode to open...
Some of today’s most innovative and disruptive companies in the logistics industry showed off their products during FreightWaves’ first virtual Carrier Summit on Wednesday.
Their challenge was to spotlight their products through engaging seven-minute presentations — with no PowerPoints allowed. Blume Global and Tenstreet presented during the afternoon demo block.
Blume GlobalThe transportation and logistics industry is in the midst of a technological revolution, but that does not mean that all...
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Innovation was on full display as some of the brightest companies in the logistics industry demonstrated their latest tech during FreightWaves’ first virtual Carrier Summit on Wednesday.
Each company had the opportunity to highlight their products through seven-minute presentations. SeatMyTrucks, Sphere Management and Axele by Optym presented Wednesday morning.
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One of the most challenging aspects of a career in long-haul trucking is being separated from loved ones for extended...
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COVID-19 has turned the world of truck driver training upside down, according to Brad Ball, president of Roadmaster Drivers School and Career Path Training Corp.
Ball told Don Lefeve, president and CEO of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA), that Roadmaster schools are operating at less than 70% of pre-COVID enrollment. Ball and Lefeve sat down for a virtual fireside chat during the FreightWaves Carrier Summit on Wednesday.
Ball said smaller class sizes due to social distancing...
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Blume Global’s latest solution on the digital supply chain platform aims to give small to midsize motor carriers an intuitive, cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) to handle end-to-end business operations.
The Silicon Valley-based leader in global digital logistics announced the launch of Blume CarrierGo Premium during the FreightWaves virtual Carrier Summit Wednesday. Blume Global was the headline sponsor.
Blume CarrierGo Premium allows carriers to facilitate transactions from...
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