If not for a fuel surcharge, many trucking companies, namely smaller ones, would likely not be able to withstand the rising cost of diesel fuel, James Steed of Steed Standard…
Fuel Surcharge Keeping Carriers Afloat: Steed Read more...
Canadians are wondering if recent disruptions in the European supply chain can also occur here. More than any other time in recent memory, Canadians have come to appreciate and understand…
CTA Spells Out How Supply Chain Can Limit Disruptions Read more...
Increasing driver wages and benefits as well as rebounding fuel prices caused trucking operating costs to increase by 6 percent, according to the latest American Transportation Research Institute report. The 2018…
ATRI: Fuel Prices, Driver Pay on the Rise Read more...
The American Transportation Research Institute, which the Canadian Trucking Alliance is a member of, released the findings of its 2017 update to An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking….
ATRI: Increasing Driver Wages and Benefits Outpaced Lower Fuel Costs Read more...
CTA has unveiled an exclusive online diesel price mapping tool for trucking industry members to look up and compare current wholesale diesel prices across Canada. The interactive map – cantruck.ca/fueldata…
Cantruck Goes Live with Diesel Price Mapping Tool Read more...
American transportation consultants FTR Associates is forecasting “steadily-deteriorating conditions” for shipping capacity through 2017, in reaction to stronger demand and the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate.” This year will carry…
FTR: ELD Rollout Will lead to “Substantial” Capacity Crunch Read more...
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…
Economists: Conditions Pave Way for Rate Rebound 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...
The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association says it is shocked with the New Brunswick government’s 2015-16 budget which will raise taxes on diesel fuel for truckers. Effective midnight April 1 2015,…
APTA: NB Fuel Tax Hike Puts Atlantic Truckers at Disadvantage Read more...
