Early numbers indicate a positive month for September’s North American Class 8 truck orders as the market continues to gain momentum heading into the fall order season, according to preliminary reports…
Class 8 Orders Reflect Growing Market En savoir plus
A study in the U.S. finds that even though the ELD mandate is just three months away, a majority of commercial fleets are still monitoring their drivers’ hours of service…
Survey: Fleets Waiting Until Last Minute to Deploy ELDs En savoir plus
A panel at 2017 FTR Transportation Conference concludes trouble is ahead for late adopters of electronic logging devices (ELDs). With legal challenges and legislative attempts at a rollback having run…
Panel: ELD ‘Foot Draggers’ Will Be Challenged En savoir plus
Hurricane Harvey will “strongly affect” over 7% of U.S. trucking during the next two weeks, with some portion of that fraction out of operation entirely, according to analysis by freight…
Hurricane Harvey Could Shut Down 7% of Trucking En savoir plus
A majority of Americans polled by customs brokerage firm Livingston International believe NAFTA helped support strong economic growth in the U.S. over the last two decades, and withdrawing from the…
Poll: Majority of Americans Support NAFTA En savoir plus
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index fell by more than two points in June as a result of increased costs for labor, fuel, and equipment, reflecting less favorable conditions for trucking. FTR…
FTR: Increased Costs Could Mean Less Favorable Trucking Conditions En savoir plus
After the U.S. electronic logging device (ELD) mandate is fully implemented at the end of this year, truck utilization could climb to 100%, squeezing capacity and creating demand for as…
FTR: ELD Mandate to Put the Squeeze on Capacity En savoir plus
The ELD mandate was the top industry issue on trucking fleets’ minds last year, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual Top 10 list. ATRI’s Rebecca Brewster ran down…
ELDs Top ATRI’s Trucking Issues List; Input on 2017 Wanted En savoir plus
Newly released U.S. Transportation Department figures show that trucking posting the second-highest increase of all freight modes since the end of the Great Recession. Trucking’s growth of 37.8% was bested…
US Trucking Activity Up Nearly 40% Since Great Recession En savoir plus
