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...
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 Read more...
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...
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...
Trucking companies that don’t have ELDs yet are being urged by their customers to speed up technology deployment efforts for keeping current freight business as well as earning more in…
Shippers Pushing Early Migration to ELDs Read more...
Mergers and acquisition deal making among global transportation and logistics companies is expected to soar past the $73 billion mark this year, according to consulting firm KPMG. That’s up from…
Biz Consultants: M&A Activity Set for Take Off Read more...
Reshoring – the idea to bring back so-called “advanced manufacturing” back to North America –could create a “multiplier effect” for freight flows, leading to more “freight touches” and translating into…
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During a session titled, The Future of Trucking: Quantifying an Unknown Future, FTR Truck & Transportation Expert Noël Perry outlined four “exogenous” or outside “exposures” facing the U.S. freight economy. “In some…
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