ACT Research For-Hire Trucking Index: Rates slip amid strong holiday freight
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed improvement in for-hire freight volumes and utilization. The data used in the Index
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed improvement in for-hire freight volumes and utilization. The data used in the Index
For major shipping companies dealing with trade wars and slowing global growth, conditions appear to have deteriorated as 2019 came to a close. Transportation companies
You know it’s coming. It may be in the next mile or a few hours down the road, but it will happen. Somebody is going
WASHINGTON — The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.1% in November from
PORTLAND, Ore. —DAT Solutions has announced that it is supplying Knight-Swift Transportation, North America’s largest truckload fleet, with a powerful new rate forecasting tool to
EAGAN, Minn. – TFI International Inc., a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, announced today that Eric Anson has been named president
Preliminary reports from both FTR Transportation Intelligence and ACT Research indicate that December North American Class 8 sales improved as compared to November sales numbers.
LOWELL, Ark. — J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., one of the largest supply chain solutions providers in North America, has announced that its subsidiary, J.B.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Recent research from Brandon Hall Group shows that the use of virtual reality (VR) as a training modality is growing rapidly
Camden, N.J. — NFI, a supply chain solutions provider, recently completed the acquisition of G&P Trucking Company, Inc. (G&P), a logistics provider specializing in asset-based transportation,
COLUMBUS, Ind. – According to ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest, carrier profitability and by extension Class 8 demand are heading toward tougher business conditions
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Columbus, Ind. – The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, with November data, showed relatively neutral readings on for-hire freight volumes and rates, with
Arlington, Va. — American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 3.5% in November after falling 0.7% in October. In November, the
COLUMBUS, Ind. – After an anomalous sequential gain in October, used Class 8 same dealer sales volumes returned to trend in November, falling 35% month-over-month,
PORTLAND, Ore. — Trucks are busy in these final weeks before the holidays. Spot van freight volumes were up more than 25% during the week
ARLINGTON, Va. — The annualized turnover rate at both large and small truckload carriers rose in the third quarter, according to American Trucking Associations’ Quarterly
DUBLIN, Va. — Roughly 700 assembly-line workers at Volvo’s New River Valley plant in Dublin, Virginia, will be laid off beginning the week of January 20, 2020.
Two organizations responsible for tracking and analyzing data about the U.S. commercial motor vehicle market both note that trailer orders have declined for November as
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