
Class 8 truck sales hit an all-time high last month, but other important metrics seem to be indicating an imminent downturn.
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Trailer orders hit the highest level of 2019 in September, rebounding a bit from a slow year for equipment sales, and it could indicate that fleets are more optimistic about 2020.
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About 3,500 Mack Trucks employees who are members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike at six manufacturing facilities while the two sides negotiate new wages and benefits.
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Freight transportation analysis firm FTR is reporting that the truck freight environment was mediocre in August and was likely to stay that way through 2020.
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Politics, or more exactly how to work political levers to attain favorable policy outcomes, was a running theme of the state of the industry address delivered on Oct. 7 by ATA’s Chris Spear.
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For the first time, driver compensation and detention/delay at customer facilities appeared on the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual Top 10 list of the Top Industry issues.
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Refrigerated fleet Cold Carriers Logistics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in Florida on Sept. 27, according to a recent court filing.
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Roadrunner Transportation Systems says it will downsize its unprofitable dry van business, part of the company’s truckload segment.
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August data from ACT Research's For-Hire Trucking Index show a pull back from July’s surprising and anomalous surge and a forecast for continued negative conditions until 2020.
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“With 2020 [trailer] order boards fully open, the dramatic lack of fleet interest continues to astound."
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