E-commerce freight is causing strains on last-mile capacity. Uneven shipping patterns are playing havoc with freight forecasts. Inventory-to-sales ratios are falling as manufacturers abhor keeping excess inventory for very long,…
Disruptions, Uneven Shipping Patterns Changing ‘Peak Season’ Read more...
Despite some anti-trade rhetoric in the U.S., the relationship between the Canadian and the U.S. trucking industries is poised to get even stronger, says the newly-appointed National Truck Equipment Association…
NTEA Boss Keen on Canada-US Relations Read more...
While Canada may not be the primary target of any NAFTA renegotiation between the U.S. and its North American trade partners, it’s possible we could still get caught in the…
Bradley: Sky Not Falling on NAFTA … For Now? Read more...
3D printing is already influencing trucking and transportation in a number of ways, even if trucks yet don’t have the ability – as some predict they will – to 3D…
How 3D Printing is (Quietly) Revolutionizing Trucking 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...
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s first budget tabled today is aimed tax cuts and programs for the “middle class”, battling climate change though green technology and carbon pricing, and boosting…
Fed Budget Offers Support for LNG/Electric Vehicles/Infrastructure Read more...
Shorter supply chains, increased e-commerce, more manufacturing activity and of course a long-awaited capacity shortage are expected to re-shape trucking and logistics needs in the U.S. going forward. As reported…
‘Mother of Capacity Crunches’ To Emerge Over Next Decade Read more...
Canada’s shot-lived recession is already over and the economy should grow through the rest of the year and into 2016, attendees at the Surface Transportation Summit heard today. Carlos Gomes,…
Economists: Canada’s ‘Recession’ Over, Stronger Growth Ahead Read more...
“Making — as opposed to just consuming — “is undergoing a tremendous surge in popularity in today’s culture,” said TMW Systems President David Wangler at the company’s Transforum conference in…
Can Trucking Benefit From Manufacturing Resurgence? Read more...
