Low labour force participation and tight transportation capacity in the coming year will keep freight demand high as inflation is expected to worsen, according to American Trucking Associations’ Chief Economist Bob Costello. …
ATA Economist: Freight Market Poised to Stay Strong Amid Disruptions in 2022 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...
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…
‘Reshore’ Manufacturing Could Boost NA Freight Volumes Read more...
This year will be somewhat of a transition year for carriers as freight flows appear to be less disrupted than in 2014,” says John Larkin, managing director and head of…
Trucking Conditions Solid Despite Facing Headwinds Read more...
Strong industrial and retail economy, as well as tightness in capacity due to the lack of any new entrants in the past 10 years, has the once-beleaguered LTL sector poised…
LTL Profit Revved for Revival Read more...
