Trucking--Management; Freight and freightage--Cost control; Freight and freightage--Planning
Freight imbalance is a problem that negatively affects drivers and carriers within the truckload trucking industry. One result of this problem is that the industry experiences high annual driver turnover, exceeding 130% annually. The turnover can...
The trucking industry is the largest freight sector, making up about 70 percent of all domestic shipment in the United States and contributes greatly the American economy. About 10 billion tons of goods are shipped annually and of that, about...
Multiple, long rows of train freight cars on railroad tracks extending far back toward the horizon. Title: P-27148 Freight Cars in a Railroad Freight Yard. Verso: P221 - (27148) Freight cars in a railroad freight yard. Text on left: Keystone View...
Row of six freight trucks parked with the river and a bridge in the background. A man stands to the side of each truck, which are labeled Louisville Tin & Stove Co. Manufacturers Progress Stoves & Refrigerators. A sign on the truck at the...
Row of six freight trucks at an angle from across the street with the river and two bridges visible in the background. A man stands in front of each truck. Title supplied by cataloger.
Freight cars filled with logs next to a building with a conveyor built and a barn. Lumber is on the ground in front of the buildings. More freight cars are in the background. Text on left: Photographed and Published by M.A. Kleckner, Mansion House,...
Freight cars filled with iron ore. A man stands on top of one car guiding a bucket of ore. Beyond the trains are a barge and smaller ships in the water. Title: (75)-7965-Unloading iron ore from lake vessels - old and new methods - Cleveland, O....
Rails are embedded in a cobblestone road alongside the Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio Freight building. A multi-car train is parked in front of the building. One of the cars is marked "N.Y.C. & H.R." while another says,...
Freight yard for Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of trains receding in the distance, with smoke stacks also in the distance, emitting smoke. Embellishments have been painted on the smoke. " . . ASH" is...
Freight yard for Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Louisville, Kentucky. Rows of trains receding in the distance, with smoke stacks also in the distance, emitting smoke. To the right of the trains are parallel curving tracks. The photograph is...
Freight yard for Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Louisville, Kentucky. Diagonal view of rows of trains. The train in the foreground is engine number 29, and two people are approaching one of its cars.
Portrait of Fillison L. Speiden, who worked for the Southern Freight Tariff Bureau and resided in Atlanta, Georgia. He is wearing wire-frame glasses and a printed tie. The photograph has damaged corners, spots of discoloration, and yellowing from...
Stern wheelers; Steamboats; Shipping; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
H.M. CARTER, a stern-wheel packet with wood hull (155 ft. x 28 ft. x 3.5 ft.), was built at Howard in 1901 and received a new cabin there in 1906. Owned by Carter Packet Company in New Orleans, H.M. CARTER operated on the lower Mississippi River...
