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ATA’s Spears calls on Biden and Congress to step up their games when it comes to energy independence
This objective laid out by the ATA’s top executive is very timely, considering that the national average price per gallon, for diesel gasoline, has topped the $4 mark over the last few weeks,...
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By FR8Focus · October 26, 2022
FR8Focus is a new mobile application on the market that proves to be the next step in visual, real-time digitization of freight and asset tracking for North American carriers.
By John D. Schulz · October 26, 2022
The Digital LTL Council of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has established a new standard for Electronic Bills of Lading (eBOL). It is part of what the Digital LTL Council calls its “crucial efforts to advance digitization of the industry in order to improve supply chain efficiency.”
By LM Staff · October 25, 2022
With a 0.002-cent increase, the national average came in at $5.341 per gallon, following an 11.5-cent increase, to $5.339, for the week of October 10.
By LM Staff · October 24, 2022
For August, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI reading was -0.25, marking an improvement over July and June, which came in at -0.7 and -3.36, respectively, with the improvements “almost exclusively” coming from decreasing diesel prices, said FTR.
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By BlueGrace · October 19, 2022
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By LM Staff · October 19, 2022
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for September, came in at 118.8 (2015=100), for a 0.5% increase. And ATA’s not seasonally-adjusted (NSA) index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by fleets before any seasonal adjustment and the metric ATA says fleets should benchmark their levels with, came in at 119 in September, a 3.8% decline compared to August.
By Jeff Berman · October 18, 2022
XPO said it expects to report $3.04 billion in quarterly revenue and operating income to come in between $181 million-to-$185 million, with EBITDA pegged at $348 million-to-$352 million.
By LM Staff · October 18, 2022
Rising 11.5 cents, this week’s national average came in at $5.339, coming on the heels of a 3.88-cent increase, to $5.224 per gallon, for the week of October 10.
By LM Staff · October 17, 2022
September’s shipment reading—at 1.241—rose 4.8% annually, and freight expenditures—at 4.627—climbed 21.2% annually.
By John Schulz · October 17, 2022
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently pledged the Biden administration’s support for increasing the availability of safe parking options for America’s professional truck drivers through its Trucking Action Plan. That grants funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and increases coordination with state departments of transportation and the trucking industry.
By John D. Schulz · October 13, 2022
The trucking industry is usually a reliable early indicator of any economic slowdown affecting the economy. Usually, but in late 2022, not always. There are mixed signals emanating from the usual barrage of economic figures released by various sectors of the trucking industry.
By LM Staff · October 7, 2022
FTR reported that preliminary September North American Class 8 net orders—at 56,500—easily topped the August tally by 169% and was up 102% annually, with the firm reporting that over the last 12 months through September, Class 8 orders came in at 254,000 units. September preliminary North American Class 8 orders came in at 53,700 units, also a new monthly high, according to ACT, well above August’s preliminary number, at 21,600 units.
By Jeff Berman · October 6, 2022
Two well-known trucking industry brands—ACT Research, a provider of data and analysis for trucks and other commercial vehicles, and DAT Freight & Analytics, operator of the largest North American-based truckload freight marketplace, with a database of $137 billion in annual market transactions—recently announced they entered into an agreement that they said “will enhance the service offerings of both organizations.”
By John Schulz · October 3, 2022
Werner Enterprises, already the sixth-largest carrier in the TL market with $2.7 billion in revenue last year, expanded its terminal, fleet and driver footprint in mid-America by purchasing Milan, Ind.-based Baylor Trucking. Terms were not disclosed.
By Karen Thuermer, Contributing Editor · October 1, 2022
The push by global forwarders toward purely digital, end-to-end transparency is proving to be crucial amid frequent disruptions that are likely to continue through 2023.
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