transportation

Can a product be widely accepted yet still appear to be just past the "scratch the surface" stage. If the product is the Transportation Management System (TMS), the answer is yes. That's the view of Bart De Muynick, a top supply chain technology analyst for Gartner Inc, (NYSE: IT) a...

Beginning today, FreightWaves will publish articles under the "Flashback Friday" banner. The articles will look back at various aspects of the transportation industry's history. If there are topics that you think would be of interest, please send them to [email protected]...

If there was a significant freight market slowdown in the fourth quarter, there haven't been too many signs of it in any earnings reports that have been issued so far. The report released Thursday by Marten Transport, Ltd (NASDAQ: MRTN) is the latest truckload carrier that is putting...

Improving roads and bridges with fees collected by a mileage-based usage system as an alternative to raising federal fuel taxes is on the table as Congress begins fresh debates over how to pay for infrastructure. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a Washington, D.C.-based libertarian think...

Jim Vena was on his first conference call as the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) Thursday, on what he said was his tenth day on the job. Based on the earnings that the company released, but more importantly, based on where the company sees...

Winter has taken hold across much of the U.S., with snowstorms and blizzards lashing out over large areas of the Midwest and Northeast this week. Meanwhile, the weather forecasts are far from rosy, showing no signs of the harsh winter abating for the foreseeable future. In such a scenario, it is...

Last mile robotic delivery services are hitting the headlines fast and furious. During the recent Consumer Electronics Show JD.Com Inc (NASDAQ: JD) and Udelv announced major commercial deals, while the German company Continental wowed crowds with a demonstration of a spider-like...

Shippers are in the driver's seat heading into the early days of 2019. The rapid growth of the freight market through 2017 and 2018 is over, thereby reducing pressure on shippers and stoking the fire under carriers. Thanks to the oversupply of transport capacity, particularly trucking capacity...

Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CVTI) reported record revenue in the fourth quarter, beating analyst projections by $10.72 million. The company announced $272.3 million in total revenue, a 33.9% increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2017. Covenant posted an operating income of $22...

Watching freight market volume is currently like watching a leaf falling from a high branch on a tree. It falls slowly, getting caught on another leafy branch every now and then before dropping a little more. Capacity is increasing in a similar fashion. The question we keep asking ourselves is have...