For the third time this year, the economy seems to be doing better than trucking markets. Let’s dig into third-quarter earnings reports from publicly traded fleets for more. Over the past few months, I have written about declining trends in several areas, including...
Drivers, drivers, and drivers again. Is any subject more talked about in our industry these days? Nope. Not surprisingly, they’re represented in seven of the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual Top 10 list of the industry’s most pressing...
Trucking industry revenues jumped to $796.7 billion in 2018, up from $700.1 billion in the previous year, according to American Trucking Associations’ annual ATA American Trucking Trends 2019 report. “2018 was a year of dynamic growth for the trucking industry,” said...
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for March showed its first negative reading in several years, reflecting a softening environment for carriers. The March TCI reading fell to -1.18 driven by easing freight rates and sluggish, though still positive, demand. Active truck...
