In the debate over just how much truckload capacity will be pushed from the US market because of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, the safety and productivity improvements often get lost. Those improvements will benefit shippers, motor carriers, third-party logistics, and drivers. The ELDs – which when connected to engines, brakes and other onboard […]
Trucking added 400 jobs in July, according to the latest employment report issued by the Department of Labor. July’s gains come after three months of declines in industry employment. However, due to strong gains in February and March, trucking industry employment is still up compared to 2016. July’s total, 1.4706 million, was 22,000 jobs greater […]
August had a stronger start than any month in more than a year and a half. The number of posted loads was nearly unchanged compared to the previous week while available capacity fell 2.1%. National average van, flatbed, and refrigerated rates all increased.
After hitting a new record high in May, a measure of the amount of freight moved by the nation’s for-hire transportation industry declined in June, according to new Transportation Department figures.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending August 5, 2017. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 554,822 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.3 percent compared with the same week last year. Total carloads for the week ending August 5 were 273,199 carloads, up 1.9 […]
Shortly after President Donald Trump took office in January, he warned that the United States would exit the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) if the pact wasn’t renegotiated in the nation’s favor. The leaders of hundreds of U.S. companies that generate business in Canada and Mexico – including the Class Is – grew anxious […]
New speakers have been added to the Freighters World Conference line-up, while all entries for the gala awards ceremony are now in. This year’s Freighters World Conference and Awards event takes place in Chicago at the InterContinental Hotel from September 26-27, with a welcome reception the evening before the event starts.
Later this month, British all-cargo airline CargoLogicAir (CLA) will begin twice-weekly U.K.-to-Mexico service – the first scheduled cargo route the carrier has offered – linking Mexico City to markets in the United States, via Atlanta, and the carrier’s London-based hub.
Californian Port of Oakland is anticipating a five-year run of record cargo volume beginning in 2018. By 2022, the port expects to handle the equivalent of 2.6 million 20-foot containers annually. The number would represent 8 percent more volume than the port has ever processed in a single year.
The G20’s Global Infrastructure Hub and Oxford Economics have released a report that finds that the world will need nearly $100tr in infrastructure investment by 2040. This equates to nearly $4tr every year – about the same amount as the GDP of Germany.
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