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The American Trucking Associations released the latest edition of its annual data compendium – ATA American Trucking Trends 2019 – which showed that the industry’s revenues jumped to $796.7 billion in 2018, up from $700.1 billion the previous year.
“2018 was a year of dynamic growth for the trucking industry,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “Trends is a simple, one-stop resource to see where our industry is so executives and ...
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.1% in June after falling 4% in May. In June, the index equaled 115.2 (2015=100) compared with 116.5 in May.
“Tonnage continues to show resilience as it posted the twenty-sixth year-over-year increase despite falling ...
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In June, Sterling Transportation started operations in Houston, offering 2-Day Express Service to Florida. In order to better serve the state of Texas the company will be adding an office in Dallas
effective July 1st, 2019.
“We are committed to bringing our ‘Sterling’ service to Texas. Houston ...
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Southwest Dedicated Transport LLC, a leading motor carrier out of Oklahoma, has selected Globe Tracker, a leader in IoT tracking and monitoring solutions for logistics assets, to outfit their refrigerated trailer fleet with industry leading IoT devices that track and monitor cargo condition.
The GT Sense ...
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 6.1% in May after jumping 7% in April. In May, the index equaled 114 (2015=100) compared with 121.4 in April.
“As expected, tonnage corrected in May from the surprising surge in April,” said ATA ...
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Containerized export volume at the Port of Oakland spiked last month, again turning trade war logic on its head. The Port said today that exports, primarily to Asia, were up 8.4% compared to May 2018 totals. Imports were up, too, climbing 4.2% over last year.
The ...
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American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear told members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 12 that the nation’s preeminent trucking advocacy group is committed to working with lawmakers as they begin work on a transportation reauthorization bill. Spear also spoke ...
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DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s air and ocean freight specialist, together with DHL Freight, one of Europe’s leading road freight providers, opened DHL’s new Vienna Airport campus in the county of Fischamend.
The state-of-the-art logistics hub will combine the strengths of the three different ...
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American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear issued this statement today, following news that the Trump Administration had reached an agreement with Canada and Mexico to remove the Section 232 tariffs for steel and aluminum imports from those countries, and for the removal of ...
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Englander Transportation is adding 100 new Peterbilt Model 579 UltraLoft tractors to its fleet over the next 12 months. The UltraLoft, an integrated high-roof sleeper, represents Peterbilt's most spacious and luxurious accommodations, designed to give driver teams and solo drivers extra space and amenities, and ...
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