Category: Van markets

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) continues to be a reliable indicator of future demand for truckload carriers – the latest

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was unchanged in February after increasing 0.4% in January. Compared with February 2021,

February’s overall Logistics Managers Index (LMI) reading of 75.2 is the second-highest in the history of the index and offers a glimpse into what future

The dramatic spike in diesel prices caught most carriers by surprise, and even though rates are at record levels, profits margins are eroding rapidly. In

The pandemic has changed many things in trucking, as has what’s known as the “Amazon Effect”, where new distribution centers and warehouses are popping up

Truckload demand has been relatively flat to slightly up in the last 14 months based on several reliable truckload indices. That’s significant when considering some

Truckload capacity remains tight, but not why you think. All shippers have been experiencing supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, which have manifested themselves in

According to the OEMs manufacturing autonomous trucks (AT), trucks without drivers can’t arrive soon enough, with the recent trucker vaccine mandate protests simply throwing more

One of the main forces driving disruptions in supply chains and the truckload transportation market that had the most impact throughout January was the rapid

The controversial vaccine mandate announced by the Canadian Government, which came into effect on January 15th has sent shockwaves through the cross-border freight market ever

Just when the West Coast freight market was looking forward to a return to normalcy, the latest omicron surge threatens to create an even bigger