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Trailer order activity posted solid improvement in September after lackluster performance in previous months. Net orders were up almost 31% month-over month and 22% year-over-year
Read More →The recent Third Quarter 2011 Transport Capital Partners Business Expectations Survey finds that carriers' contractor fleets have remained steady over the last three quarters. However, the ability for fleets to expand using contractors has been trending down for the last five quarters
Read More →In the face of a sluggish economy and in what is typically the weakest new order period of the year, commercial vehicle order activity strengthened in September
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Cass Information Systems has aligned with Avondale Partners, LLC, an investment banking and wealth management firm, to create an index that reflects truckload pricing trends in North America
Read More →TransCore's September North American Freight Index rose 3.2% compared to August and 45% compared to September 2010. September marked the highest same-month spot-market freight availability since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
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A panel of economic experts said while economic growth will still be too slow to make a dent in unemployment numbers, they don't see the United States sliding into a double-dip recession - and trucking can outperform the macro economy, especially if manufacturing continues to grow as it has been
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The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.4% in August from July, reaching the highest level since July 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Freight Transportation Services Index, released late last week
Read More →The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index fell a full percentage point in September on a seasonally and workday adjusted basis. September's decline follows a 1.4% decline in August and a 0.2% decline in July
Read More →Forecasts for both heavy- and medium-duty vehicles for 2011 remain basically unchanged from last month, according to the October issue of the ACT North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK, published by ACT Research Co
Read More →Transport Capital Partners Q3 2011 Business Expectations Survey finds that 81% of carriers have become less reliant on load brokers over the past three months. Only 15% have used them more
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