Business Management ECONOMIC WATCH: Canadian spot market load volumes recovering June 22, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – TransCore Link Logistics has reported spot market load volumes increased 5% in May, but were still 42% off May 2019 volumes. (Source: TransCore Link Logistics) With the…
Business Management Freight indicators suggest the worst is in trucking’s rearview mirror May 27, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – The worst of trucking conditions wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic may be in the rearview mirror, but the recovery could be choppy. In its most recent Commercial…
Business Management ECONOMIC WATCH: Canadian spot market likely bottomed in April May 22, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Canada’s spot market load volumes took a dive in April, with overall load volumes on Loadlink down 56% from March and 38% year-over-year. But TransCore Link Logistics…
Business Management Freight conditions are tough, but are brokers really to blame? May 15, 2020 While truckers are widely being feted as heroic frontline workers by a suddenly adoring public, there’s a growing sense they’re being taken advantage of within the industry by opportunistic or…
Business Management ECONOMIC WATCH: March spot market volumes reflect virus-related surge in demand April 14, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – TransCore’s Loadlink spot market load volumes surged 19% in March, reflecting the restocking of retail inventories and essential goods. March volumes were up 17% year-over-year, while equipment…
Transportation Canadian spot market ends 2019 on high note January 14, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Canada’s spot market ended 2019 with a strong fourth quarter, with load volumes increasing and truck volumes on the decline, according to the latest data…
Business Management Canada’s spot market strengthened in November December 18, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. – Loads were up and truck availability was down on Canada’s spot market in November, according to data from TransCore Link Logistics. The company says loads…
Business Management Canadian spot market loads, trucks rose in October November 19, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. – Canadian spot market load volumes rose 4% in October, but truck volumes also spiked. The 10% increase in trucks brought the truck-to-load ratio up 5%, to 3.90.
Business Management Spot market loads, trucks, both declined in September October 18, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. – Canadian spot market load volumes were in line with normal seasonal trends in the third quarter, and the truck-to-load ratio did not change from August to September,…
Equipment TransCore reports slight uptick in Canadian spot market September 16, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. – Canadian spot market saw improvement as the summer season concluded with increased load volumes, TransCore Link Logistics said in a report published Monday. “Capacity contracted slightly…
Business Management Canadian spot market sees more trucks per load in July August 16, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. – Loads were down, trucks were up in the spot market in July, according to the latest data from TransCore Link Logistics. There was a 9% decline in…
Transportation Spot market load volumes, equipment postings both decline July 31, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. – In a month that normally marks an increase in volumes, Canadian spot market load volumes declined 7% in June. June volumes were down 39% year-over-year. However, an…
Health & Safety Millennials warming up to non-trucker jobs, says report July 17, 2019 BRAMPTON, Ont. – While a longhaul driving career may not be on their radar, a large number of millennials could still be open to other jobs in the trucking industry,…
Transportation Spot market load volumes increased in May June 11, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian spot market heated up in May, with load volumes rising against a lesser increase in truck volumes. TransCore Link Logistics reported daily average load postings…
Business Management Record number of trucks in Canada’s spot market May 13, 2019 TORONTO, Ont. – There were more trucks chasing loads in Canada’s spot market in April than an any other month in history, according to TransCore Link Logistics. Meanwhile, load postings…
