Leading shippers and carriers discussed key trends affecting their businesses at this week’s Surface Transportation Summit, including service expectations of customers, capacity and pressure on rates. As reported by Truck…
Panel: Economy Putting Pressures on Carriers, Rates En savoir plus
Canada’s shot-lived recession is already over and the economy should grow through the rest of the year and into 2016, attendees at the Surface Transportation Summit heard today. Carlos Gomes,…
Economists: Canada’s ‘Recession’ Over, Stronger Growth Ahead En savoir plus
Which type of carrier is better equipped to deal with economic slowdowns and recessions? Big or small? That was the main question posed at a fleet panel at Truck News’…
Symposium: Fleets Big and Small Face Many of the Same Challenges En savoir plus
Third-party logistics providers and the shippers they serve face numerous challenges in the years ahead, not the least of which is the ability to secure capacity from their transport providers,…
Shippers & 3PLs: Driver Shortage Top Concern En savoir plus
« Making — as opposed to just consuming — “is undergoing a tremendous surge in popularity in today’s culture, » said TMW Systems President David Wangler at the company’s Transforum conference in…
Can Trucking Benefit From Manufacturing Resurgence? En savoir plus
Carriers across Canada spent last week holding events and incentives to thank the hundreds of thousands of men and women who drive the nation’s trucking industry. A few shippers also…
Shipper Bakes Kind Words For Truckers During NTW En savoir plus
The Government of Manitoba and the Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) announced regulatory changes to the province’s vehicle weights and dimensions regulations. The changes include: The permissible length for aerodynamic devices…
Amendments to Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Regulation in Manitoba En savoir plus
A final rule requiring all interstate commercial truck drivers to use some type of electronic logging device (ELD) to comply with hours of service is expected at the end of…
JOC: ELDs to Drive Supply Chain Gains, Benefit Drivers & Shippers En savoir plus
A trend analysis of fleet manager surveys conducted by global research firm Frost & Sullivan over the last half decade indicates that “total cost operation” (TCO) calculations are now front…
F&S: Driver Pay Becoming Bigger Part of Total Cost of Operation En savoir plus
