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Electronic Brake Controls Becoming Popular in Heavy Trucks

Commercial Carrier Journal

Some heavy trucks are ditching traditional airbrake knobs for electronic switches. Learn how this enhances safety, simplifies systems, and changes the driver experience.

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Rates, Rejections and Red Tape – Reading the Market Before It Moves

Freight Waves

Still Foggy at the Top – What the New Logistics Report Means for the Rest of Us For all the hope around trucking bouncing back, the new CSCMP “State of Logistics Report” just affirmed what most small carriers already feel: Things are still off. Freight isn’t booming, costs haven’t come down, and the people at the top are still “navigating the fog” — while small fleets are stuck in it with no GPS.

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Electronic brake controls getting popular in heavy trucks

Commercial Carrier Journal

Some heavy trucks are ditching traditional airbrake knobs for electronic switches. Learn how this enhances safety, simplifies systems, and changes the driver experience.

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Enter Overdrive's 2025 Trucker of the Year competition

Overdrive Online

We're halfway through the entry period for the 2025 Trucker of the Year competition. Read about our semi-finalists named thus far via our nomination page. All have persevered through freight-market difficulties and cost pressures in these last years. If that describes you, too, you’re no doubt a worthy contender. Click/tap the image to enter your own biz or another owner-operator you admire.

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How to Minimize Chargebacks in Retail Logistics

Struggling with chargebacks from major retailers? In a market shaped by rising tariffs, transportation costs, and operational pressure, reducing chargebacks in your retail logistics is one of the most direct ways to protect your bottom line. This ebook covers the main reasons consumer brands see compliance fees in their retail fulfillment process, and more importantly, what to do about them.

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Economic uncertainty delays truckload market breakout

Freight Waves

Chart of the Week: Outbound Tender Reject Index, National Truckload Index (linehaul only) – USA SONAR : OTRI.USA, NTIL.USA The truckload market remains poised for a breakout, but the timeline appears to be extending. Analyzing the trend line of tender rejections ( OTRI ) and spot rates excluding fuel ( NTIL ) over the past two years reveals a clear upward trajectory with increasing volatility.