Sustainability Connecticut backs down from zero-emission mandate timeline November 29, 2023 Connecticut has backed off a plan that would ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035 and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) has welcomed the news. Responding to the “growing…
Business Management Lack of regulatory support, excess capacity weigh on trucking industry November 10, 2023 Frustrations over the misclassification of employee truckers as personal services businesses — the so-called Driver Inc. model — are mounting as a tough freight market has heightened the impact the…
Business Management Economic Trucking Trends: More capacity must leave before truckers feel relief October 27, 2023 It was a busy couple weeks to be Bob Costello, chief economist of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), who we will lean on heavily in this week’s segment of Economic…
Business Management Trucking capacity still too high, but spring could bring relief: Costello October 26, 2023 Bob Costello, chief economist with the American Trucking Associations (ATA), visited the Isaac Instruments user conference this year with a grim economic outlook, but also one that contained hints of…
Business Management ATA’s Spear takes aim at plaintiff attorneys, California emissions rules October 19, 2023 In a fiery keynote address at the American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition, the association’s president put industry foes on notice that trucking will continue to bring the…
Equipment Future emissions standards provide fleets with foggy road ahead October 15, 2023 Planning for future emissions standards is like trying to drive through the fog, unable to see what lays ahead. That was the fleet manager’s perspective from Paul Rosa, senior vice-president…
Business Management Economic Trucking Trends: Freight recession lingers, but economic growth to improve July 21, 2023 It was a busy week for trucking-related economic data, which painted a mixed picture. Canadian spot market volumes were steady, but spot market rates in the U.S. remained weak –…
Business Management Economic Trucking Trends: U.S. debt ceiling default aside, trucking has its own worries May 26, 2023 As U.S. lawmakers scrambled to reach an eleventh hour deal to resolve the debt ceiling crisis – a failure to do so potentially causing broad economic repercussions – the trucking…
Business Management Truck tonnage in March saw largest loss since pandemic April 18, 2023 U.S. for-hire truck tonnage plummeted 5.4% in March, the largest sequential decline seen since April 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. The drop comes on the heels of a…
Business Management Truck tonnage rises as contract carriers absorb freight from spot market February 21, 2023 For-hire truck tonnage jumped 0.7% in January, on the heels of a 1% gain in December 2022, according to the latest data from the American Trucking Associations (ATA). “Tonnage has…
Business Management ATA tells U.S. Congress California’s emissions timelines unrealistic February 16, 2023 American Trucking Associations (ATA) president Chris Spear addressed U.S. Congress this week, appealing to it to not allow California and other states to steer national emissions standards. “The trucking industry…
Business Management Truck tonnage ‘solid’ in 2022, despite slowdown at end of year January 25, 2023 U.S. for-hire truck tonnage jumped 3.4% in 2022, marking its biggest yearly gain since 2018, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported. December tonnage came in at a 0.4% increase over…
Business Management Soft fall freight season reflected in November tonnage December 20, 2022 U.S. for-hire truck tonnage fell 2.5% in November, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), on the heels of a revised 1.2% decline in October. “For-hire truck tonnage saw the…
Business Management Truck tonnage sees first monthly loss since beginning of pandemic November 23, 2022 U.S. for-hire truck tonnage fell 2.3% in October, marking its largest monthly loss since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA). This comes on the…
Business Management ‘Mild’ recession coming, but trucking should weather it well: Costello November 16, 2022 A mild recession is all but unavoidable, but trucking’s inability to add capacity due to supply chain disruptions over the past two years means the industry is better positioned than…