Spot Freight Rates for Vans, Reefers Rise Sharply
Spot truckload rates hit multi-year highs during the week ending Oct. 7, according to DAT Solutions and its network of load boards, as the number of available loads fell.
Panel discusses the future of trucking, technology
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The technology for modern-day society to look like an episode of The Jetsons is here, but the infrastructure to support that kind of life, isn’t. That was the consensus of the future of trucking panel at this…
Pot, ELDs, and NAFTA top issues facing Canadian transportation
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The legalization of marijuana, the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, and the possible reworking of NAFTA were three of the biggest issues facing the Canadian transport industry, according to panelists at the Surface Transportation Summit Oct. 11.…
Navistar Executives Look to the Future
After a tough run earlier this decade, Navistar says it is “back in business.”
Analytics, maintenance keys to trucking profitability
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – “Do you wanna make more money?” That was how Brian Abel, freight network engineer with KSM Transport Advisors, introduced himself before a Surface Transportation Summit session on improving the profitability of your trucking business. The key to…
After ATA-organized event, Trump is getting an #ELDorMe tweetstorm
The ELD or Me Facebook group is tweetstorming at the President following another appearance at an event organized in part by the ATA, with nary a mention of ELDs, hours of service and other top operator concerns. Also: A reminder from an operator to ta…
Shippers’ technology demands increasing
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Shippers are demanding greater visibility of their freight movements, and more advanced technologies from their trucking providers. That was a message from carrier executives who participated in a shipper-carrier roundtable at the Surface Transportation Summit Oct. 11.…
Class 8 rentals in Canada jump 20%: PacLease
BELLEVUE, Wash. – PacLease’s truck rental market has noticed an upward trend in the last four months. According to the company’s national director of rental operations, Chachi Hernandez, “In Class 8 rentals, we’ve seen a 20% jump across the country,…
Trump: ‘We want lower taxes, bigger paychecks for America’s truckers’
“No one knows America better than America’s truckers,” Trump told the crowd. He pressed for lower tax rates for individuals and businesses and a simpler filing system and spoke gushingly about trucking. “Nothing gets done in America without the hard-working men and women in the trucking industry,” he said.
P.S.I. promotes Sharkey
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Pressure Systems International (P.S.I.) promoted Jim Sharkey to the position of vice-president of global sales and marketing. “Jim is a respected industry leader, and with over 33 years in the heavy vehicle industry, he has the…