Tagged: TruckingTrends

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Freight Shipments Climbing

Freight shipments climbing with a sequential uptick in trucking shipments during the 2Q. Freight payments data released in late July showed a sequential uptick in trucking shipments during the second quarter, reversing the declining trendโ€ฆ

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Fuel Driving Out Truckers

Fuel driving out truckers as survey shows rising cost of fuel present a mountainous climb to overcome for small carriers. Many small carriers who entered the trucking industry in 2020-21 are finding todayโ€™s challenges too

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Trailer Makers Face 8-Month Backlog

The U.S. trailer industry backlog grew 3% sequentially in December but ended the year 9% below the previous year. The U.S. New Trailer Components and Materials Forecast from ACT Research aims to provide those inโ€ฆ

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Trucking Sees New Player Surge

Trucking sees new player surge in the number of newly authorized trucking companies — especially small ones. From July 2020 -Sept, the FMCSA approved more than 104k new for-hire trucking companies, and thatโ€™s excluding private fleetsโ€ฆ

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Driver Shortage Sets New Record

The trucking industry is short 80,000 drivers, a record high, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA). That’s a 30-percent increase from before the pandemic, when the industry already faced a labor shortage of 61,500โ€ฆ

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Adaptability Now Crucial For Truckers

Continuing economic recovery, inventory replenishment, and e-commerce growth will โ€œclash with capacity constraints to keep rates high this year,โ€™โ€™ according to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionalsโ€™ (CSCMP) 32th annual State of Logistics Report.

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Truck Electrification โ€˜A Realtyโ€™

With the total cost of electric-vehicle ownership for some commercial applications already beating out internal-combustion engines, ACT Research predicts that electrification of the Class 4-8 commercial vehicle market in the U.S. and Canada will topโ€ฆ

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Trucking may have peaked, analysts say

Data from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionalsโ€™ Logistic Managers Index shows that between May 2020 and February, inventory costs, warehouse prices and transportation prices were between 27 to 39 points higher than theโ€ฆ

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