by A1 Freight Solutions | Mar 12, 2024 | Freight Brokers, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain
Many predict freight rates will rise soon after the record lows experienced in the trucking industry last year. In 2023, transportation prices lowered to the lowest in over six years. By February 2023, the Logistics Manager’s index indicated a reading of 36.1....
by A1 Freight Solutions | Feb 20, 2024 | Supply Chain, Truck drivers, Trucking and Supply Chain, Uncategorized
Over the last few decades, technology’s influence on shipping goods domestically has evolved to offer more to the industry. From the start of modern trucking in the 20th century, technological advancements have allowed shippers more solutions. While Gottlieb Daimer...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Feb 6, 2024 | Freight Brokers, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain
In domestic shipping, knowing what are detention charges is beneficial to shippers and carriers. Detention is a charge carriers give to the shipper or receiver for overstaying at the pickup or delivery location. There is a limited window of time that a driver can stay...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Jan 23, 2024 | Freight Brokers, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain
Fraud in domestic shipping is one of the biggest concerns that truckers and shippers have in the trucking industry. Yearly, brokerage fraud causes the industry nearly $800 million in losses despite being only one type of fraud. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Jan 9, 2024 | Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain, Uncategorized
There can be countless benefits of palletized shipping when moving goods domestically. Palletization is securing cargo on a pallet before loading it into a container for transportation. Pallets are flat structures for handling, storing, stacking, and transporting...
