Private fleets

Recent research by MIT examines how market dynamics and relationships impact contract performance.

A recent survey by the National Private Truck Council highlighted the growth of private fleets in size, volume and freight value.

When software providers do not cater to private fleets, both the provider and the carrier suffer.

A program launched by Walmart to recruit drivers internally has been vastly expanded.

Report shows pay also increased 11% just last year — and looks like it’s still rising

Mary O’Connell and David Cook, director of sales at CPC Logistics, sit down to talk about driver retention and providing support to private fleets.

Private trucking fleets expand amid soaring spot rates According to a recent National Private Truck Council Report, private fleets continue to expand due to high spot market rates and dwindling […]

CRST’s dedicated solutions place the individual customer at the focus to add value and maximize service.

Having the right fleet for your business can give you an advantage over the competition and lower transportation costs.

The brilliant thing about implementing telematic solutions is that efforts towards energy efficiency also improve the bottom line.

Shippers leaning toward private fleets need to consider the risk, as well as how to optimize warehouses, trailers and containers.

Volatility in trucking markets has prompted shippers to assess different ways of securing reliable capacity. For DG, that means more reliance on in-house transportation, but that’s certainly not the only option. Some retailers are looking to diversify their transportation partners to avoid delays and secure truck space. Others are debating streamlining their transportation needs by signing over their private fleets to logistics specialists.

Optimal Dynamics seeks to automatically optimize trucking flight operations. Brian Aoaeh profiles the company and interviewed its founder and CEO.

Tyson Foods plans to pay drivers and essential personnel $60 million in “thank you” bonuses for service during the pandemic.

Idle equipment can be placed in service to respond to COVID-19 emergency.

Response to DOT’s national freight strategy proposal reveals top concerns.

The costs of operating a for-hire Class 8 truck rose 7.7% in 2018, the biggest jump since 2010. It is the highest per-mile cost since the American Transportation Research Institute began tracking the data in 2008.

Tandem Workflow, using the same customer-centered ethic that branded BOLT from the start, continues to broaden in capacity, types of freight and user audience.

Private fleet drivers stay with the company for 10 years on average.

Few shippers understand the trucking business like Pepsi.

But Ryder’s 3PL division, Supply Chain Solutions, is expected to go into negative year-over-year growth next quarter.

Gary Petty, president and CEO of the National Private Truck Council, struck a tone of family and togetherness in his opening remarks of the organization’s 2019 Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition

Driver churn continues to plague the industry as the turnover rate at large truckload carriers has reached its highest point in five years.

A Walmart worker loads a trailer inside a distribution center. Private fleets can provide significant value to their broader organizations, but they still must compete for business, which is why customer service ranks so high as a top concern.