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FTR's Avery Vise digs into the numbers behind January's import surge in this column.
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Despite the chronically sluggish freight market, payroll employment in for-hire trucking rose in November and was basically on par with job levels a year earlier. Or was it? FTR's Avery Vise explains.
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After the ups and downs of the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath, economic and industry numbers indicate that the industry is slowly getting “back to normal,” Bob Costello, American Trucking Associations chief economist, told attendees at ATA’s management conference in Nashville.
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Why do pharmaceutical and chemicals indicators matter to the health of trucking?
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Real consumer spending on goods remains at a near-record level. Why isn't that filling up truck trailers?
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Trucking companies are dealing with a landscape that’s one of the most challenging in recent memory. But there is also opportunity, says Brian Holland, president and CEO of Fleet Advantage. How can fleets be prepared for the ups and downs of the cycle?
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Economic indicators rarely all tell the same story, but increasingly, they are pointing to an improving economy and light at the end of the tunnel for a trucking industry beleaguered by low freight rates.
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When is trucking going to climb back up the back side of the latest cycle? How can trucking fleets do a better job of preparing for these ups and downs with smart equipment-buying strategies?
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Volvo's Magnus Koeck doesn't think the global truck OEM could have timed the launch of its new VNL tractor any better.
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The overall economy is performing better than many people think, but overcapacity in the trucking industry is still keeping freight rates from rising, according to FTR transportation analysts. Find out why they think we'll start seeing a slow improvement.
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