Tracking and visibility in transportation is a hot topic. Recent news concerning the misuse of cellphone-based tracking has people scrambling. How can the logistics industry, where tracking and visibility is inherent to the best service, deal with upheavals caused by misuse, as well as, an...
The beginning of a new year is a great time to get back to the basics. Here on the AMT blog, we’ve been exploring freight rates, zoning in on the differences between instant and accurate rates, as well as, how we come up with our...
Capacity in 2019 The first few weeks of January usually see a slowdown in the logistics business, but 2019 has been a little different. By many accounts volume has remained fairly steady even while capacity has loosened up a bit. In other words, it’s been a...
Driver Shortage? The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Bob Costello puts the driver shortage number at around 50,000 today with the shortage projected to be as high as 174,000 by 2026. You can’t be in trucking without hearing that the shortage is a big part of why...
Gratitude is wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.~Rumi If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.~Meister Eckhart Thanksgiving--with thanks built right into the word-- is a great time for a gratitude check. Did you know that...
What the heck is GiveThanksing? Each year, the logistics crews at AM Transport Services and Squirrel Works coordinate with the Richland County School Middle School's Fifth Block program to provide a pre-Thanksgiving Meal to the kids enrolled in the after school program. We call it GiveThanksing. GiveThanksing is...
Where could you go to see Rick and Morty, the Incredibles, a couple of pink ostriches, and two Nascar fans, along with Lois Lane and Little Red Riding Hood? Where could you spend time with the nicest donkey in the world, race a real, live kangaroo,...
Do you use a Freight Broker? At last count, there were about 18,000 freight brokers operating in the United States. You’ve probably had the opportunity, or more likely the need, to work with one during the past year. Maybe one of your critical loads got...
If you’re a shipper (or carrier) chances are you’ve been hearing or reading about “load optimization,” a lot these days. It’s a buzz phrase in transportation circles. In fact, 3PL people and techie folks like to throw the term around, promising to help you “optimize your...
Did you celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week by thanking a driver? Here at AMT, we sure hope so because drivers and their commitment to the open road are the heart of a bustling economy. We thought we'd continue the Thank a Driver trend this week by...
