Trucking’s peak season unlikely to ‘peak’

Hot temperatures aren’t the only thing typically ushered in with the dawn of summer. Trucking’s “peak season” runs typically from August to October as retailers go all-in on holiday shopping.

However, early signs – a massive shift to ecommerce, dropping retail inventories and record inflation – are serving as early warning signs that transportation’s peak season might not peak at all.

Guillermo Garcia, co-founder and CEO of freight dispatch service SmartHop, joins Matt and Jason on this week’s 10-44 to discuss what could be in store in the months ahead, and how carriers can use these lean times to refine their business.

Original article provided by: https://www.ccjdigital.com/business/article/15293692/truckings-peak-season-seeing-weakness

Surge of cargo theft is ‘hitting us like lightning,’ experts say

In the first quarter of 2024, cargo theft incidents were up more than 46% compared with the year prior, according to CargoNet. Notably, it’s also a 10% rise from the fourth quarter last year.

CargoNet analysis of the first quarter of 2024 documented 925 incidents, with an average stolen shipment value of $281,757. The declared total value was $76 million, and the firm estimated a total of $154.6 million worth of goods were stolen during the period.

Trucking innovation

Picture it: December 1935. The Douglas Aircraft company has rolled out the first DC-3 commercial passenger aircraft – a revolutionary, two-engine, all metal, low-wing aircraft that would soon dominate commercial aviation. Yet I suspect there were some industry people that said it was inadequate, that it didn’t have enough range, or carry enough weight, or that it was too costly.

FMCSA easing fleet requirements for under-21 pilot program

FMCSA officially removing driver-facing camera requirement from under-21 pilot

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced via a Federal Register notice that will publish Tuesday, May 14, that it is removing two requirements from its under-21 interstate pilot program, as directed by Congress.

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