ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Carriers show resilience, optimism in new survey, but remain unwilling to order new trucks

Carriers see freight market conditions improving in the back half of 2025, according to a new survey. However, they continue to be unwilling to invest in new equipment. ACT Research…

Embrace the Bots: How TMS providers are leveraging AI to help make your business smarter

Toronto-based transportation management system (TMS) provider Rose Rocket’s first foray into artificial intelligence (AI) didn’t go as planned. In 2017, before AI became entrenched in trucking industry lexicon, the company…

Truck backups creating havoc on Sarnia streets

Various causes are being blamed for chronic truck backups through city streets in Sarnia over the past several months, with police issuing a cascade of violations. Local police have laid…

Trump’s rewriting truck emissions playbook. Where does this leave Canada?

Trump’s rewriting truck emissions playbook. Where does this leave Canada? This was supposed to be a great year to be a manufacturer or purveyor of Class 8 trucks. There was…

Titanium returns to profitability as market stabilizes at depressed levels

Titanium Transportation snapped back to profitability in Q2, riding a 16.8% increase in logistics revenue, buoyed by a 19% increase in U.S. volume. Consolidated revenue rose to $119.1 million in…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Truck buyers remain cautious, but orders bounced in July

Truck buyers remain cautious about adding new vehicles to their fleets, but preliminary data shows a solid bounce in July compared to June numbers. Still, they remain well off traditional…

Trucker sentenced to two months jail, plus fines and restitution, for crash that killed child

A trucker found guilty under the Motor Vehicle Act for driving without due care and attention in a crash that killed a four-year-old boy before Christmas in 2021 was sentenced…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: ‘Short and soft’ peak season in store due to impact of tariffs

There’s not a lot to like in this week’s freight data. Weak spot market rates continued to slide, truck sales are expected to slow as tariff-related price hikes take hold,…

Trump hits Canada with 35% tariffs

Canada was hit with 35% tariffs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his threat to increase the duties if Ottawa didn’t make a trade deal. The…

TFI focusing on service improvements to drive price increases

TFI International’s Q2 revenues slipped to $2.04 billion (all figures USD), down from $2.26 billion the same quarter last year, while net income fell to $98.2 million, down from $115.

Acquisitions drive Mullen’s revenue growth, as pricing remains under pressure

Mullen Group rode acquisitions to record quarterly revenue in Q2, but profit margins remained under pressure due to soft freight demand and a stagnant economy. Overall revenue grew 9.1% to…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Trailer makers’ tough tariff decisions, and spot market pullbacks

In the most recent week, FTR posted its June trailer order data and shared a tough decision trailer makers are faced with in light of tariffs: eat cost increases or…

Economic, trade uncertainties give trucking real estate buyers long overdue leverage

Canada’s industrial real estate market is evolving, giving buyers and lessees greater leverage as vacancy rates increase to levels not seen in years. “Industrial landlords in market as a whole…

ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Spot rates fall, freight fundamentals remain weak, but trailer orders get a lift

There’s a lot to digest in this week’s data, including a surprise boost in trailer order activity, but continued projections for weakness in the freight market. The spot market underwhelmed…

How U.S. tariffs are affecting trade flows, freight volumes and equipment demand

The uncertainty caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on countries around the world may be proving more disruptive than the tariffs themselves, when it comes to U.S. imports and…