The risk of an economy-wide recession was a growing concern through Q3 2019 has largely faded, with healthy consumer fundamentals expected to provide sufficient momentum to get through the slow…
ACT Downplays Risk of Recession Read more...
Business conditions in 2019 have been more challenging for carriers last year, with more projected sluggishness in 2020, said ACT Research President Kenny Vieth, who lead an economic session at CCJ‘s…
ACT: Trucking Faces Headwinds in 2020 Read more...
Carriers, shippers and brokers agree that driver detention is a major problem in the supply chain, but solving the issue requires a “delicate balancing act with no side willing to…
Driver Detention Worsening, say Carriers Polled in Study Read more...
Stephen Laskowski, the CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance, recently highlighted several fair competitiveness issues at the recent Surface Transportation Summit like carriers who strip trucks of environmental controls, don’t…
Laskowski: ‘Where are the regulators?’ Read more...
Aging drivers, the implementation of electronic logging devices and the challenges posed by climate change all pose major problems for the trucking industry, Chris Walker, president of Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines,…
Industry Execs Discuss Trucking ‘Headwinds’ at Summit Read more...
After months of decline, the spot market is creeping upward in the U.S., just not to the heights of 2018 and out of the depths they plunged to by mid-2019,…
JOC: US Spot Market Recovers Read more...
Falling North American class 8 truck orders is a sign that the sales market is returning to normal levels, rather than an impending major recession in the freight economy, according…
Truck Orders Returning to Earth, but Not Crash Landing Read more...
The road ahead for the Canadian trucking industry remains smooth despite concerns about driver shortages, plant closures and the new North American Free Trade Agreement, a survey by Transcore Link…
Poll: Despite Speed Bumps, Truckers Still Optimistic About Industry Read more...
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for March showed its first negative reading in several years, reflecting a softening environment for carriers, the freight market analyst reported. The lower reading driven by…
FTR: Trucking Outlook Shifts to Neutral Read more...
