by A1 Freight Solutions | Sep 25, 2025 | Domestic Shipping, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain
A crucial consideration shippers should make when moving goods domestically during the fall season is trucking during the corn harvest. The corn harvest season is typically between August and October, when corn reaches maturity. Farmers harvest other commodities like...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Sep 16, 2025 | Domestic Shipping, Economic Trends, Freight
With the freight market projected to remain turbulent, the following year could be a challenging period in trucking. Fleet executives recently noted in an industry event that, “It’s going to be a bumpy next 12 to 18 months.” While it doesn’t mean disastrous, “bumpy”...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Feb 18, 2025 | Domestic Shipping, Economic Trends, Supply Chain
The trucking market’s slow reboot may continue into early 2025 as spending and shipments decrease in Q4 of 2024. In the final quarter of 2024, spending declined by nearly 22%, while shipments declined by almost 16%. Dry van spot rates that have grown year-over-year...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Nov 23, 2022 | Freight Brokers, Trucking and Supply Chain
LTL, or less-than-truckload shipping, is the transportation of cargo that does not need an entire truck. Unlike FTL or full-truckload shipment, LTLs are much smaller yet too big to be shipped by postal service. In 2022, the LTL industry has grown to a market size of...
