GM Closings May Hurt Trucking
The decision by General Motors to cease production at five of its factories in the United States and Canada will have consequences for trucking companies that serve those plants, industry experts said…
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Program Helping Women Enter Trucking
Expediter Services (ES), a company providing capacity solutions and ownership opportunities within the trucking industry, announced that a collaborative program with Women In Trucking Association to create 150 women-owned businesses in transportation is now one…
Recruiting Truck Drivers Proving Hard Sell
Age didn’t matter, they said. If Blocksom could get his “CDL’’ they would hire him for a $50,000 job. One even offered to pay his tuition for driver training school, but there was a catch…
Global Trends Changing Rules For Trucking
The big drivers of global business have major influence on the commercial vehicle business. Several global-scale trends in particular — related to climate protection, competition for resources, social change and demographic shifts — are fundamentally…
Demands on Trucking Driving Up Rates, Analysts Say
The tightest trucking market in years is testing the limits of an otherwise well-conditioned U.S. economic expansion. It’s also tinder for accelerating inflation should the capacity constraints spark moves by companies to pass on those higher delivery costs.
Freight Activity Rallied In June
Spot truckload freight activity in June rallied to record highs for the number of available loads, while rates rose to their highest points in nearly two years, according to the DAT Freight Index…
Truck groups sue Rhode Island over tolls
American Trucking Associations (ATA), along with three motor carriers representing the industry, has asked a federal court to rule Rhode Island’s RhodeWorks truck-only toll program unconstitutional…
ATA Sees 5 Trucking Trends
The trucking industry handles freight for a number of other industries to ensure that companies and customers across the nation get the materials and products they need. “For truckers and other people in the industry, it’s important to stay on top of upcoming trends to ensure that they understand all the rules of the road,’’ according to American Trucking Associations (ATA).
Trucking Entering ‘Technology Arms Race’
long with the rest of the trucking industry, Doug Waggoner, chief executive of Echo Global Logistics, faces a major staffing challenge. But the talent Waggoner is pursuing won’t be behind the wheel: It will...
U.S. needs nearly a million drivers, ATA says
America Needs More Truck Drivers he trucking industry is facing a growing shortage of truck drivers that is pushing some retailers to delay nonessential shipments or pay high prices to get their goods delivered...
