Atlanta-based dry van, full truckload carrier Ascend made its first acquisition this week, purchasing Greenville, South Carolina-based Dedicated Trucking Solutions (DTS), a provider of dedicated…
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For November, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI came in at 10.0, following October’s 7.75, the lowest TCI reading going…
Rising 5.5 cents, the national diesel average, for the week of January 24, came in at $3.780 per gallon, on the heels of a 6.8-cent…
With a 6.8-cent increase, the national average, for the week of January 17, came in at $3.725 per gallon, which followed a 4.4-cent increase, to…
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for December, at 114.7 (2015=100), saw a 1% increase, following a 0.5% November gain, to…
During this podcast, podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Ann Reinke, President and CEO…
By a 6-3 margin with all six conservative judges ruling in tandem, the Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision against the Occupational Safety and Health…
If you were asked what drug is more abused by the nation’s 3.5 million long-haul truck drivers, which would you choose—cocaine or marijuana? If you…
RoadOne officials said that EHS Trucking and EHS Truck & Trailer will be renamed as EHS LogisticSolutions. And the company said that Ed Worley, President…
Ascend’s primary focus will be on serving shippers in various verticals, including the consumer goods, packaging, and industrial supply chain, which, they added, usually require…
FTR reported that preliminary December North American Class 8 net orders—at 23,100—saw a 139% gain over November, which was impacted by up supply chain uncertainty,…
Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Bison Transport, an asset-based freight transportation services provider owned by James Richardson & Sons, Limited, said it has acquired Bangor, Maine-based truckload carrier…
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for November—at 114.5 (2015=100)—increased 1.3%, following a 0.4% October gain. Source: logistics Mgmt
November’s shipment reading—at 1.206—saw a 4.5% annual increase, and freight expenditures—at 4.275—were up 43.9% annually. Source: logistics Mgmt
For October, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI came in at 7.75, its lowest reading going back to July 2020,…
For September, the most recent month for which data is available, the SCI reading came in at -6.5, which represented a slight improvement over August’s…
Amid what one trucking analyst calls “an everything shortage,” shippers enter 2022 with heavy volumes of truck shipments bracing for continued higher ground freight rates.…
Preliminary November North American Class 8 net truck orders saw both sequential and annual declines, according to recent data respectively issued by freight transportation consultancy…
Total quarterly shipments increased 6.8%, from the second quarter to the third quarter, and saw a 10.6% annual gain, and total revenue saw a 10.3%…
A provision in the new $1.2 trillion infrastructure law contains an apprentice program that would allow 3,000 or so under-21 truck drivers to be employed…