Archive for April 14th, 2021

MODE Q2 Market Update

Stay informed about freight market conditions and other factors that can impact your supply chain. In this Market Update, we cover the following: Truckload, Less-Than-Truckload, Intermodal and International (Ocean & Air). MARKET UPDATE OVERVIEW The Coronavirus (COVID-19) threw a level of uncertainty into 2020 for the transportation industry with ongoing constraints into 2021. Although our […]

How to Save Time and Money on Truck Tolls

More than 340 toll facilities operate in the U.S., generating billions of dollars every year. While much of this toll revenue comes from truck fleets, carriers can take a few simple steps to save time and reduce toll expenses. Between 2009 and 2018, the Consumer Price Index (the federal government’s primary gauge of inflation) increased […]

An-124 super freighter delivers machinery for US vaccine fill plant

A massive piece of machinery that can produce up to 30 million doses of COVID vaccine per month, and help alleviate production bottlenecks, landed Saturday at Chicago Rockford International Airport on a specialized cargo jet. The flight was operated by Russian all-cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines, Zachary Oakley, deputy director of operations and planning at the […]

DOT allots $1 billion in latest round of infrastructure grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is laying out $1 billion in the latest round of a competitive grant program that began in 2009 for freight projects. DOT published on Tuesday a Notice of Funding Opportunity to apply for money through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants, a renaming of what […]