Trucking Industry Spot Prices: The Unpredictable 2023 Outlook
Discover the future of the trucking industry spot prices as carriers and analysts predict market conditions for 2023 amidst uncertain economic conditions.
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Aftermarket Truck Parts Prices Expected to Drop in 2023
After two years of high price jumps, aftermarket truck parts prices are expected to come down in 2023, according to an analyst from MacKay and Company. Learn more about their forecast and the factors that affect parts pricing.
Senate Bill Addresses Truck Parking
A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would address problems with truck parking, authorizing $755 million in grant funding to expand commercial truck parking capacity. The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act was introduced Dec. 1…
Digital Tools Simplify Dairy Business
Each year about 2,000 American transporters move more than four million loads of milk and milk products from 50,000 domestic dairy farms to and between 500 plants — with little margin for error.
Diesel Supply Critically Low
U.S. diesel supplies are becoming critically low with shortages and price spikes likely to occur in the next six months unless and until the economy and fuel consumption slow. Stocks of diesel and other distillate…
DEF Plentiful Sellers Say
DEF plentiful, sellers say despite Russia being leading importer & amidst ongoing war with Ukraine that has put pricing and availability pressure on anything that flows from or through those countries, including urea — a critical chemical in diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) of which…
Nation’s warehouses growing old
Nation’s warehouses growing old, analysts say the unprecedented boom in logistics warehousing demand is now about a decade old. During most of the past 10 years, it was a safe bet that the aging of…
Inflation Pushing Up Supplier Prices
Inflation pushing up supplier prices with suppliers passing down cost increases. Inflationary pressures for heavy-duty equipment manufacturers and suppliers are everywhere. Feeling the pinch of inflation, equipment supplier prices are up 11% from March to…
Fleets Refurbish Older Trailers
With the continuing supply chain snarl causing manufacturers to accept only limited orders for new trailers, fleets are cleaning up older parked equipment used for storage to meet their immediate needs. For six months…
Self-driving trucks serving OK & TX
Third-party logistics firm CEVA Logistics partnered with self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics on what the companies said was the first autonomous freight delivery in Oklahoma. With routes originating in Dallas-Fort Worth, running to Oklahoma City, OK and Austin,TX.
