The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) says due to lower fuel prices, the trucking industry’s operational costs declined in 2015. And, for the first time, driver costs represent a higher…
Labour Costs Surpass Fuel Costs, says ATRI En savoir plus
From July 2015 to July 2016, the value of U.S.-Canada freight flows fell 10.7% to $42.4 billion as all modes of transportation carried a lower value of U.S.-Canada freight than…
U.S.-Canada Freight Falls By Double Digits En savoir plus
Drones, self-driving trucks, so-called “Uber” freight, the “internet of things” are among the emerging factors vying to reshape the North American trucking landscape, according to Steve Sashihara, CEO of the…
FTR Conference: Trucking Drives Toward the Future En savoir plus
Pricing pressure in the truckload and intermodal sectors was the theme for 2016 and carriers are not expected to see any relief until 2017, according to Stifel Capital Markets As…
Analyst: Rates Won’t Rebound Until Mid ‘17 En savoir plus
The latest US Transportation Department figures show U.S.-Canada freight flows fell 7.2% to $48.2 billion between June 2015 and June 2016 as all modes of transportation except air carried a…
Canada-US Freight Flow Keep Slowing En savoir plus
Economic slowdown reversed expansion at the 100 largest U.S. and Canadian trucking companies in 2015, pulling down their combined revenue 3.1 percent to $72.4 billion after strong growth in 2014,…
JOC: Top Truck Companies Reversed Expansion En savoir plus
Despite talk of investment capital being funneled into ‘Uber for trucking’ startups these days, a new study concludes that the trucking industry is way too complex to become an Uber…
‘Uber’ Trucking? Not So Fast En savoir plus
There could be a link in the prolonged decline in diesel prices and the drop in demand for intermodal traffic moving by rail, says Donald Broughton, Avondale managing director and…
Lower Diesel Prompting Short-Haul Rail Switch to Trucks? En savoir plus
A new survey takes a close look at the problem of how long truck drivers are detained by shippers and consignees and finds that nearly 63% of commercial truck drivers…
Survey: Carriers, Drivers Shortchanged by Shipper Detention En savoir plus
