
May marked the lowest monthly cargo output in over two years at the Port of Los Angeles, thanks to trade policy uncertainty.
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Truck freight tonnage decreased for the second month in a row so far this year.
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Heavy-duty truck orders and production have been dropping, and Trump administration actions may suppress that even further.
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ATA said the February freight surge was fueled by January catch-up and accelerated imports.
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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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