LTL/Motor Freight - World Trade

Transportation Mangement Systems Give Shippers Power to Make Smarter Trucking Choices
Shippers are taking back more transportation management to combat trucking costs and bring added capability to tracking, security, and visibility.

LTL Deregulation: Sizzle or Fizzle?
While the industry had been moving towards a more deregulated environment for some time, this latest development equates to the final nail in the coffin.

LTL/Motor Freight Industry News

Trucking Sector Lost 94,200 Jobs in 2009

NAFTA Trade Decline Not as Severe

LTL/Motor Freight Expert Knowledge

How to Comply with Federal Hazardous Material Regulations
This document from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) provides only a general overview of the requirements for transporting hazardous materials by highway.

For more specific requirements, carriers and shippers should consult the most current edition of 49 CFR Parts 100-185. Motor carriers should also consult the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.

Lean Transportation—Fact or Fiction?
This executive white paper discusses how Lean Principles integrate into the transportation function. In addition, the reader will be introduced to the Four Critical Laws of Lean Transportation. Effective execution of these Lean Transportation laws will allow the practitioner to identify and eliminate waste in transportation.

Domestic Truckers Get Into the Global Game
The new strategy calls for moving up the supply chain and expanding services port-to-point (World Trade, January 2007)

LTL/Motor Freight Newsletters

California Trucking Associations' Newsletter
For nearly 75 years, the California Trucking Association has been serving the businesses that operate trucks in California and the companies that provide products and services to those companies. Our members transport 85% of the shipments that travel on California's highways each day. Our membership ranges from the self-employed owner-operator, to the one-person consulting firm, to the large international motor carriers and truck manufacturers and everything in between.

Truckline Express
The American Trucking Associations’ thrice weekly e-newsletter.

LTL/Motor Freight Vendors

Old Dominion Freight Line
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. is a leading less-than-truckload (LTL) super regional carrier. Through its nonunion work force and four operating groups, OD Domestic, OD Expedited, OD Global and OD Technology, Old Dominion offers an array of innovative products and services and provides complete nationwide coverage within the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Central States, Gulf States and West regions of the country, including 39 states with 100 percent full-state coverage and international services around the globe.