ACT Research: Leading indicators suggest a 2024 trucking recovery
COLUMBUS, Ind. — While trucking demand remains soft overall, rising imports and intermodal trends are key leading indicators of a recovery in trucking this year,
COLUMBUS, Ind. — While trucking demand remains soft overall, rising imports and intermodal trends are key leading indicators of a recovery in trucking this year,
LOWELL, Ark. — Shelley Simpson has been named J.B. Hunt’s chief executive officer and president of the company, effective July 1, 2024. Additionally, Simpson, 52, has
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As expected, sales of new, Class 8 trucks on the U.S. market declined sharply in January, according to data received from Wards
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Average U.S. diesel prices have eased a bit, according to the latest information from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). As of
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten has announced that a company and several individuals have been sentenced
WASHINGTON — The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Trucking Cares Foundation (TCF) has announced that 37 companies and individuals have made substantial financial commitments to strengthen
COLUMBUS, Ind. — ACT Research recently gathered trucking industry leaders to share insights and outlooks about the industry’s future. The event, hosted in early February,
LOS ANGELES — A semi-truck filled with Kourtney Kardashian-branded Lemme vitamins was recently stolen in Los Angeles. According to a report on TMZ.com, the truck
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Electric-powered trailers could help pave the way to the decarbonization of trucking, according to Range Energy. The hardware company, which is
BEAVORTON, Ore. — The number of weekly load posts on DAT One fell 8.6% to 598,674 for the week ended Feb. 23 and dropped below
WASHINGTON — Officials with freight rail company BNSF said they will dole out $75 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the collection of
PHOENIX — Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. CEO David Jackson has stepped down, according to a Feb. 27 statement released by the company. In addition to
COLUMBUS, Ind. — According to the latest State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks by ACT Research, the used Class 8 average retail
WASHINGTON — Detention time, a topic that regularly appears in the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual “Top Industry Issues” report is receiving attention at the federal
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — As was the case in the previous week, total broker-posted spot rates in the Truckstop system rose during the week ended Feb. 23
WASHINGTON — Owners of certain hazardous chemical tanks are advised to conduct voluntary periodic visual inspections, as well as thickness and pressure testing, because of
WASHINGTON — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) on Feb. 23 praised the Wisconsin State Legislature for passing what the association describes as “a commonsense reform” to
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Teamsters, firefighters, police officers, other union members and elected officials gathered Feb. 22 at the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort to demand that senators vote against
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LOWELL, Ark. — J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. announced Feb. 22 that it has entered into a multi-year intermodal service agreement with Walmart. As part