Inbound Logistics | September 2024

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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