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As ZMac continues to grow, we welcome our newest employees, Rob and Zack! Rob and Zack join our Racine office in our Drayage and Operations departments, respectively. Help us welcome them! [ZMac Transportation Solutions] ZMac: Hi Rob! Hi Zack! As our newest employees, we’d like to welcome you to the team and introduce you to everyone. Let’s dive right in! … Read More

As ZMac continues to grow, we welcome our newest employees, Andy and Ruth! Andy and Ruth join our sales department in our Racine office. Help us welcome them both! [ZMac Transportation Solutions] ZMac: Hi Andy! Hi Ruth! As our newest employees, we’d like to welcome you to the team and introduce you to everyone. Let’s start with an easy question: … Read More

Every month ZMac chooses one food holiday to commemorate the employees who have a birthday that month. In March, we celebrated National Sloppy Joe Day with homemade sloppy joes! Did you know? The sloppy joe can be traced back to Havana, Cuba in the early 1900s. Hunt’s revolutionized the sloppy joe with Hunt’s Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce. Sloppy joes were … Read More

As ZMac continues to grow, we welcome our newest employees, Kerry and Randy! Kerry and Randy opened up our newest office in Atlanta, Georgia in March. Help us welcome them both! [ZMac Transportation Solutions] ZMac: Hi Kerry! Hi Randy! As our newest employees, we’d like to welcome you to the team and introduce you to everyone. Let’s start with something … Read More

  The spring season is starting with positive signs for flatbed load demand. The month of March ended with a 50% gain in the number of available loads from the start of the month. This continues the steady increases we have seen since the start of the year. The accompanying chart reflects the variance in number of available inbound loads … Read More

In what is hopefully a positive sign for 2016, the number of available flatbed loads has climbed steadily since the start of the year.  Available loads have risen 86% from the 12/29/15 benchmark.  The current mark is now close to the level experienced in September of last year.  While that is good news, this is still at the lowest levels … Read More

  Looking back on this past year, the number of available loads nationwide was certainly disappointing.  The market never had the sustained tightening of capacity we had anticipated.  You’ll see in the accompanying chart comparing this year to last, the peaks and drops reflect similar patterns, but the number of available loads was far less than last year.  On average, … Read More

Diesel fuel prices continue to decline to levels not experienced since 2010.  After a small increase in May and June of this year, the US average price has settled around $2.50/gallon the past two months. The adjacent chart shows that the lowest average monthly price since the start of 2012 was $3.72/gallon in July, 2012.   In the following 26 months, … Read More

After a slow drop in available loads across the country in August, the month of September brought a slight increase in loads to match levels seen in late July. While that is positive, available loads this year are still far below levels experienced last year. The accompanying reflects the variance in number of available outbound loads the past two months … Read More

  For the year to date, the number of available loads across the country have been far below the volume we experienced in 2014.  Since the start of June, available loads have dropped significantly.  You’ll see in the accompanying chart that there was a similar drop in June of last year, but the number of available loads was far greater … Read More