Previously: Same old spot market or 'totally different world'? Owner-operators in trucking generally have two options when it comes to sourcing freight -- brokers on the spot market or directly from ...

The freight market is volatile, and spot rates fluctuate daily, sometimes in real time, making it challenging for carriers to secure consistent, profitable loads. Many small fleets and owner-operators ...

Justin Borchers said the trucking side of their business started as a way to keep a good farm hand happy. The hand wanted to get into trucking, so the Borchers went to their main farm customer, known ...

If you’re still booking loads of freight based on whatever’s paying the most today, you’re not really running a business—you’re rolling dice. A business that lives only on spot freight is built on ...

Direct Freight Services, one of the largest online freight matching services in the transportation industry, and TMW Systems, a provider of transportation management software, announced the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FedEx Freight, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), a leading provider of less-than-truckload (LTL) services, announced today the expansion of FedEx Freight Direct ...

For FedEx Freight’s budding home delivery service, being selective about what it ships is key to its success, a senior executive says. FedEx Freight Direct delivers large items like appliances and ...

FedEx Freight is delivering heavy items into homes and businesses in Memphis, Nashville and 17 other cities, the expansion of a program quietly revealed last year. FedEx Freight Direct, a new service ...

A new trade route directly linking Western Australia to Singapore is set to make it cheaper to live and work in the state's powerhouse region. Three direct freight links have been established between ...

Simply sign up to the EU trade myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Ireland is increasing direct freight shipments to and from mainland Europe as businesses move to bypass potential ...

The train that links China directly to UK arrived in Yiwu The train was loaded with whisky, baby milk, medicines and machinery This is China's latest effort to strengthen trade with western Europe ...