Category: Trucking Industry Trends

Update – January 25: Federal employees are heading back to work for at least three weeks, under an interim budget agreement. The government shutdown started

Last year rail intermodel took away loads from over-the-road trucking, but now the pendulum is swinging back the other direction. Diesel prices are dropping, which

  Rankings based on transaction data in DAT RateView What do you get when you combine an economy that’s growing like gangbusters and a truck

What stories got the most attention in 2018? ELDs and driver detention were the most popular topics, followed by business tips for owner-operators, and info

Investment analysts debate on TV about the timing of the next recession. The Dow is on a roller coaster ride, and the pundits keep using

Recent weeks have seen a high level of volatility and a sense of growing uncertainty in both the U.S. and global financial markets. Despite all

Allentown, PA, was once a major manufacturing town, but it has emerged more recently as a popular location for warehouses and distribution centers, especially at

There are really two truckload rate stories this year. For one, spot market rates have declined sharply this fall. In the second story, contract rates

When you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner in the Midwestern U.S., remember to be thankful for Minnesota. The Land of a Thousand Lakes is also

Capacity is becoming more available, as small fleets have mostly adjusted to electronic logging device (ELD) and strict enforcement of the Hours of Service rules.

I’m doing my holiday shopping early this year. That may seem overly cautious, considering that everybody and his brother is suddenly offering free shipping. Order