Navigating the Truckload Market Turn: Strategies for Shippers
As the truckload market shows signs of trending upward, shippers face a unique opportunity to re-evaluate their logistics strategies and prepare for a tighter capacity environment. The state of the market over the past two plus years, characterized by declining rates and excess capacity, has reached bottom. We’re now seeing tangible signs of a market […]
ZOOMED OUT – FREIGHT SALES AGENTS WEIGH-IN ON THE IMPACT OF VIRTUAL BUSINESS MEETINGS DURING COVID-19
This is an opinion piece from Terry Shirley, one of our leading freight sales agents and freight procurement expert at Select Carriers, Inc. on the impact of virtual business meetings during COVID-19 for freight carriers and asset-based carriers in the transportation industry. Well, here at Select Carriers we all are at week “whatever” and on day “who knows”. As we began this unprecedented COVID-19 journey, […]
IDDBA NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT OF SELECT CARRIERS AS A FREIGHT SHIPPING PARTNER
Select Carriers continuously strives to enhance our capabilities as a premier freight shipping partner. We are a proud member of The International Dairy Deli Bakery Association (IDDBA) and excited to be featured in their new member spotlight this month. Partnering with associations like IDDBA augments our capabilities as a freight sales agency. The IDDBA is a nonprofit trade association for food […]
HOW SELECT CARRIERS’ NETWORK OF ASSET BASED CARRIERS AND CAPACITY SOLUTIONS CAN HELP YOU COMBAT MARKET VOLATILITY AND PUNISHING SPOT PRICING
Select Carriers is your doorway to direct relationships with high-quality, asset based carriers. We provide business development support and freight sales management to our asset based carriers. Unlike a broker, we make a direct match between our freight shipping partners and our asset based carriers. Our services enable our carriers to secure high-quality, consistent freight from “Shippers of Choice,” and […]
ON THE ROAD AGAIN TO VISIT OUR ASSET BASED CARRIERS AND SHIPPERS OF CHOICE
Please follow along as our very own Jeff Miller (aka “Montana Miller”) embarks on his adventures across America to visit our shipper and asset based carrier partners. November 2020 Update: We recently unveiled our solution to safely travel to see our asset based carriers and shippers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 Montana Legacy Edition Fifth-wheel has become my […]
SELECT CARRIERS STRENGTHENS TEAM WITH MOLSON COORS EXECUTIVE JAKE KILLGORE
Select Carriers is thrilled to welcome Jake Killgore to the team as a Director of Sales and Business Development. Jake joins with 20 years of combined shipper and carrier experience and expertise in warehousing, TMS, SAP, RFP and transportation procurement. Jake is a native of Colorado and attended the University of Kansas where he graduated […]
UNDERSTANDING FREIGHT SHIPPING VOLUMES IN TODAY’S TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY CAPACITY CRUNCH
There’s no question that we’ve arrived at a place where freight shipping volumes are creating a dynamic transportation market with a serious capacity crunch. That’s why we recently sat down with Gabriel “Gabe” Dee, President at freight sales management firm, Select Carriers, Inc., to talk about transportation market conditions and what’s making this such a challenging time for shippers and asset […]