Economic growth should accelerate and impending regulations should give carriers the ability to increase rates next year, according to speakers at Newcom’s Surface Transportation Summit last week. Carlos Gomes, senior…
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Canadian Trucking Alliance CEO David Bradley recently painted a picture of the trucking life in Canada to an American audience, explaining that despite many similarities, the two industries are still…
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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…
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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 Read more...
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…
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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? Read more...
The shortage of professional truck drivers in the Canadian for-hire trucking industry is escalating more rapidly than industry analysts previously thought, according to a new study prepared for the Canadian…
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Economic uncertainty continues to muddle freight market prospects for Ontario carriers, who, despite stagnant volumes in most lanes, seem to be reasonably optimistic going forward. The good news, according to the…
Biz Conditions Survey: Carriers Predict Better Days Ahead Despite Headwinds Read more...
The pavement isn’t cracking underneath the freight economy, but expect demand to only rise modestly over the next several months, said Eric Starks, president of FTR Transportation Intelligence, at a…
FTR: US Economy Safe, but Inventories Hold Back Demand Read more...
