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In response to customer demands, motor carriers are coming out with time-definite services that are designed to be fast, flexible, pinpoint accurate, ? and absolutely invaluable to shippers.
The days when heavy trucks idle away the evening at truck stops and freight yards may be numbered. States and municipalities are cracking down on the practice, and DCs may be forced to follow suit.
After a long drought, truckers report that their trailers are packed and they're having to turn away business. Sure, they're breathing sighs of relief, but where does that leave shippers?
Eerily quiet truck stops. Executives vying for the position of vice president in charge of tree planting. Retailers sharing proprietary information with third-party service providers. Cut-throat competitors shipping their products in the same truck. Welcome to the average workday of the not-so-distant future.
Despite a sputtering economy, regional truckers know their stock could soar at any moment. In the meantime, they're pulling out all the stops to keep customers on the line.