Trucking M&A Intensifies Thursday August 12, 2021 | Business Conditions Transport-related mergers and acquisitions are picking up steam in North America, reports Supply Chain Drive magazine.
Amazon Effect’ Could Explain Rising Driver Turnover in Soft Market Thursday January 30, 2020 | Business Conditions, Industry Image & PR The “Amazon Effect” could explain the recent spike in driver turnover. Traditionally, driver turnover rates go down when freight demand is relatively soft, as it was in 2019, but turnover has counterintuitively been rising, according to industry experts.
Capacity Crunch Propelling Trucking Rates in 2018 Friday January 26, 2018 | Business Conditions This year looks to be the strongest for North American truckload and less-than-truckload pricing since 2005 and 2010, reports the Journal of Commerce.
Analyst: 2018 a ‘Trucker’s Market’ Monday November 27, 2017 | Business Conditions, Labour/HR/Driver Shortage A “trucker’s market” is due to finally arrive in 2018, says analyst John Larkin, although supply and demand is tight across the industry as the domestic economy continues to grow at a slow pace.