Fleets Scrambling to Keep up with Freight Demand
In December, net orders for trailers were at an all time high. The 47 thousand units on order were 10% more than November, and...
A Surge in Truck Orders Reflects Economic Boom
Orders for heavy-duty trucks in the U.S., Canada and Mexico surged 76% in December (compared to the year before) to 37,500. Erica Phillips writes...
Orders Stacking up for Tesla’s Semi-Truck
Major shippers like Wal-Mart and shipping company J.B. Hunt are ordering Tesla's recently showcased new semi truck. The Wall Street Journal reports the truck...
Are New Regulations Forcing Truckers to Merge or Die?
Trucking companies are merging at a rapid pace. One possible cause of the merger frenzy is new regulation mandating drivers use electronic logging devices...
Can Trucking Companies Fend Off a Holiday Armageddon?
The last few years have been hard on transportation companies. As e-commerce sales have soared, trucking and package delivery businesses have had trouble estimating...
American Job Boom Led by Package Delivery Services
In the recent Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of Job Openings & Labor Turnover, it was reported that employers had 6.16 million jobs unfilled,...
States Pull Back While They Await Federal Government Infrastructure Plan
States aren't borrowing as much money to fund roads, airports, bridges and other pieces of infrastructure because they're waiting to see what the Trump...
Could Your Black Friday and Christmas Deliveries Cost Extra This Year?
The explosion of e-commerce has made package delivery companies like UPS and FedEx very profitable, and it has also stretched them to the limit....
New UPS Hub in Phoenix Will Cost $180 Million
A new UPS hub in Goodyear, AZ (near Phoenix) will bring 1,500 jobs to the area, and cost $180 million. The hub will expand...
Could Self-Driving Trucks Save Lives?
If you have watched the Disney/Marvel movie Logan, you may have noticed the self-driving freight trucks cruising the highways alongside Hugh Jackman's eponymous mutant...