Did you know that distracted driving is responsible for nearly 400,000 injuries and over 3,000 deaths annually in the U.S. alone? According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 87% of drivers behave unsafely. Adding in the issues like excessive idling, harsh braking, and non-compliance with HOS rules increases the risks for safety violations. [...]

Do you want to know the hard truth? IFTA fuel tax reporting isn't exactly the most exciting part of the trucking industry. Tracking miles across state lines, sorting through fuel receipts, and manually crunching numbers? That’s a logbook nightmare waiting to happen. Did you know that 71.4% of the total freight is moved by [...]

John Doe, an owner-operator just dropped a load in Dallas but he needs to backhaul to Atlanta—fast. Finding a quality load is often frustrating. Low rates, unreliable brokers, and endless searching on multiple load boards can easily waste his time and money. While on the other hand, a freight broker, Maria, scrambles to cover [...]

If trucking spot rates had a personality, they’d be that unpredictable friend who either picks up the tab or disappears when the check arrives. One week, rates are sky-high thanks to tight capacity and urgent loads; the next, they nosedive as demand cools and trucks flood the market. Unlike contract rates, which are negotiated [...]

When you think of Transformers, the movie, your mind might instantly race to Optimus Prime —the iconic semi-truck leader from the movie franchise. Like this fictional hero charged into battles with its futuristic technology, today’s real-world trucks and semi-trucks are embarrassing artificial intelligence. From reshaping the logistics to optimizing fleet management, artificial intelligence in [...]

The revolution of electric vehicles (EV) is imminent in the freight industry. A recent survey found that 90 percent of fleet managers described the future use of electric vehicles in the commercial fleet business as inevitable. Calstart, a national nonprofit organization, estimated that the number of electric truck models will reach 195 by 2023, [...]