Spot Market Truckload Rates Continue to Fall
Spot-market load availability moved a little higher last week, but it was not enough to outweigh a gain in truck capacity, with rates continuing to fall.
Spot-market load availability moved a little higher last week, but it was not enough to outweigh a gain in truck capacity, with rates continuing to fall.
Technology will boost productivity and truck utilization to where demand for equipment will greatly decline, one researcher says.
American Trucking Associations has hired Mike Joyce, a veteran of Capitol Hill and the trucking industry, as the group’s senior vice president of legislative affairs.
Yokohama has a new top U.S. executive and has named a new CEO of its new commercial tire-making plant in Mississippi.
Legislation that was intended to strengthen the suspension of some controversial provisions related to the 34-hour restart rules regulating driver hours of service could accidentally kill the 34-hour restart altogether.
Uniform and linen supply company Ameripride Services will replace 20% of its fleet at one branch with electric delivery trucks equipped with Motiv Power Systems all-electric powertrains.
International Truck says orders are brisk so far for its new International HX Series vocational truck, announcing its largest one-time order to date.
Truck drivers may soon be able to use an app on their phone to pay the Customs and Border Protection user fee for entering into the U.S. at the Peace Bridge.
The number of recorded cargo thefts and the average value of the heists in the U.S. declined in 2015 from the year before, according to a new report.
Element Financial Corp. is spinning off its North American commercial finance business into a separate public company to allow its fleet management business to focus on its core business and generate higher returns as a stand-alone company.
Pinnacle Tractors have begun delivering supplies and equipment to races sponsored by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
The 275,000-square-foot facility is a critical strategic component that will allow customers to receive stock and mission critical parts in record time.
FTR transportation expert Noel Perry told an audience at the AmericQuest Symposium that trucking currently is outperforming the broader economy, and there are both good and bad economic indicators at play.
Residual values of full-size vans have remained strong while compact vans have weakened in the past year, creating a widening gap that has created two used van markets for fleet sellers.
Rhode Island’s governor signed into law a controversial measure that will impose tolls on commercial trucks traveling through the state — reportedly the only state with a truck-only tolling system.
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