It is no secret that the current state of the U.S. trucking industry has had several negative impacts on logistics and supply chain management. The shortage of drivers and ripple effect from the ELD mandate have caused trucking delays and pricing increases across the country, and are now affecting global supply chains. Indianapolis-based logistics solutions provider TOC Logistics has been monitoring these industry changes closely. Here's what they find: ■ In terms of rate differences, full truckload rates are up more than 25 percent year over year, with drayage rates even greater in some cases. For long-haul contracted lanes, the effect is milder, but pre-booking and cargo availability, as promised, has become critical to maintaining long-haul trucker support.
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