TRUCKERS What industries/commodities do you serve?
TRUCKERS: SERVICES/SOLUTIONS Truckload (TL) While 40% of truckers in our survey say they provide specialized transportation, a larger number offer specific kinds of specialized services, including expedited (54%), flatbed (51%), and bulk (41%). Just 36% of respondents provide cold chain transportation. TRUCKERS: SERVICES/SOLUTIONS Truckload (TL) 83 % Brokerage 76 % Logistics services 76 % Dedicated contract carriage 69 % Less than truckload (LTL) 67 % Expedited 54 % Flatbed 51 % Intermodal 50 % Drayage 49 % Bulk 41 % Final mile 40 % Specialized transportation 40 % Cold chain 36 % Household goods 30 % White glove 27 % Tanker 23 % Small package 17 % Driver assist 83 % Brokerage 76 % Logistics services 76 % Dedicated contract carriage 69 % Less than truckload (LTL) 67 % Expedited 54 % Flatbed 51 % Intermodal 50 % Drayage 49 % Bulk 41 % Final mile 40 % Specialized transportation 40 % Cold chain 36 % Household goods 30 % White glove 27 % Tanker TRUCKERS What types of services/solutions do you offer? Full truckload (TL) transportation is the easiest motor carrier service to find among our trucking respondents; 83% of them offer that service. A smaller number—67%—provide less-than- truckload (LTL) service, while just 17% carry small packages. If you want to take advantage of capacity beyond what’s available in a carrier’s own fleet, 76% of respondents provide brokerage services. An equal proportion offer a range of logistics services in addition to over-the-road transportation. Half of our respondents handle intermodal transportation, and nearly the same number—49%—provide drayage services.
Year after year, food/beverages and other grocery items make up the most popular market for truckers. In 2024, 83% of respondents say they carry those commodities, just slightly down from last year’s 87%. Several other top commodities or industries have grown a bit in importance since last year, including construction and building materials (83% vs. 78% in 2023), automotive (80% vs. 78% in 2023), and retail/ ecommerce (80% vs. 73% in 2023). Last year, 73% of respondents said they served high-value industries such as health care, pharmaceuticals, and others. In 2024, we divided that category into more precise components. We now find that 77% of respondents serve the healthcare or pharmaceutical industry, 67% serve the electronics industry, and 60% carry high-value cargoes of various kinds. Other popular markets include consumer packaged goods (70%), freight of all kinds (70%), furniture (67%), and chemicals (63%). 83 %
TRUCKERS: INDUSTRIES/COMMODITES Food and beverage/grocery TRUCKERS: INDUSTRIES/COMMODITES Food and beverage/grocery Construction and building materials Automotive
83 %
80 %
83 %
Retail/ecommerce
Construction and building materials
80 %
83 %
Automotive Healthcare/pharma
77 %
80 %
Retail/ecommerce Consumer packaged goods
70 %
80 %
Freight all kind
Healthcare/pharma
70 %
77 %
Electronics
Consumer packaged goods
67 %
70 %
Furniture
Freight all kind
67 %
70 %
Chemicals
Electronics
63 %
67 %
High value
Furniture
60 %
67 %
Chemicals
Agriculture
63 %
53 %
High value Energy, oil, and gas
60 %
47 %
Agriculture
Government
53 %
47 %
Energy, oil, and gas
Aerospace
47 %
43 %
Government
Events
47 %
30 %
Aerospace
43 %
Events
23 %
30 %
11 %
Small package
17 %
42 Inbound Logistics • September 2024 TRUCKERS: certifications SmartWay Driver assist 11 %
SHIPPERS: FACTOR Price
84 %
77 %
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