A “trucker’s market” is due to finally arrive in 2018, says Stifel Nicolaus trucking analyst John Larkin, although he cautions that supply and demand is tight across the industry as…
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An aging and shrinking labor pool coupled with rising demand for capacity is going to force fleets to increase, bonuses, and other benefits in order to recruit and retain enough…
Capacity Crunch to Propel Truck Driver Pay Upward Read more...
Carriers hare reporting very little friction in getting rate increases from shippers, suggesting that market sentiment is changing, according to a column in logistics news outlet, Freight Waves. Analyzing spot…
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Spot truckload freight availability in May reached its highest point since September, 2015, increasing 7.3% compared to April and 63% year-over-year, reported DAT Solutions, which operates the industry’s largest on-demand exchange for spot truckload…
Freight Recession’s Over: Analyst Read more...
Truckload rates will increase about 4% in the U.S. this year, with capacity pressure brought on by the looming ELD mandate more than compensating for an economic recovery that’s become…
Truck Freight Outlook: ‘Maximum Impact’ in 2018 Read more...
The freight recession is over, writes DAT freight market rate expert Mark Montague in the first line of his latest column. That 18-month malaise was triggered by the worldwide collapse…
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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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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 Read more...
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...
