U.S. Shippers using carriers who are still not prepared for the Dec. 16 deadline to switch from automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) to federally mandated electronic logging devices (ELDs) could…
JOC: Potential Capacity Squeeze Ahead of Last ELD Deadline En savoir plus
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released the latest edition of its Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking. And found the average marginal cost per mile incurred by…
Labour, Maintenance Leading Trucking Costs: ATRI En savoir plus
Carriers, shippers and brokers agree that driver detention is a major problem in the supply chain, but solving the issue requires a “delicate balancing act with no side willing to…
Driver Detention Worsening, say Carriers Polled in Study En savoir plus
Operating costs were up across the board in 2018, as fuel costs rose and fleets increased driver wages and benefits, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s latest Operational Costs…
ATRI: Fleet Operating Costs Jump En savoir plus
Aging drivers, the implementation of electronic logging devices and the challenges posed by climate change all pose major problems for the trucking industry, Chris Walker, president of Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines,…
Industry Execs Discuss Trucking ‘Headwinds’ at Summit En savoir plus
After months of decline, the spot market is creeping upward in the U.S., just not to the heights of 2018 and out of the depths they plunged to by mid-2019,…
JOC: US Spot Market Recovers En savoir plus
Falling North American class 8 truck orders is a sign that the sales market is returning to normal levels, rather than an impending major recession in the freight economy, according…
Truck Orders Returning to Earth, but Not Crash Landing En savoir plus
The chief economist of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), Bob Costello, does not see a macro recession on the near-term horizon and is relatively sanguine about the American economy apart…
ATA’s Costello: Healthy Economic Activity But Slower Growth En savoir plus
Loads were down, trucks were up in the spot market in July, according to the latest data from TransCore Link Logistics. There was a 9% decline in loads compared to…
More Trucks Per Load for Spot Market En savoir plus
