Shippers continue to face challenging transportation conditions as diesel prices surge and truck capacity shrinks, FTR’s latest Shippers Conditions Index shows. The freight analyst reports that conditions could east at…
Omicron ‘Wild Card’ Affecting 2022 Shipping Conditions: FTR Read more...
CTA members Erb International and Bison Transport took top honors as the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) safest overall fleets. Erb won in the less than 25 million mile category, while…
Canadian Fleets Sweep TCA Safety Awards Read more...
OTA/CTA members Bison Transport, Challenger Motor Freight and Transpro Freight were named part of the 2020 Best Fleets to Drive For by the Truckload Carriers Association, in partnership with CarriersEdge….
5 Canadian Fleets Named TCA 20 ‘Best Fleets to Drive For’ Read more...
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…
Amazon Effect’ Could Explain Rising Driver Turnover in Soft Market Read more...
A report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that found low pay to be a main driver for high driver turnover in the truckload sector is not an accurate…
ATA Challenges Driver Shortage Study Read more...
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. “We could break records this year” in…
Capacity Crunch Propelling Trucking Rates in 2018 Read more...
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…
Analyst: 2018 a ‘Trucker’s Market’ 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...
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...
