Trailer Orders Strong, Cancellations Low This Season preview image Transportation Trailer Orders Strong, Cancellations Low This Season October 30, 2014 COLUMBUS, IN - North American truckers ordered 25 percent more trailers between October 2013 and April 2014 than over the same period a year before, according to freight forecasters at ACT Research.
Good News, Truckers: Trucking Rates Will Go Up, FTR Says preview image Transportation Good News, Truckers: Trucking Rates Will Go Up, FTR Says October 30, 2014 FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index, comparing 2014 with 2013. BLOOMINGTON, IN – Freight transportation forecasting firm FTR expects to see general rate increases of four to five percent for the…
Survey Says? U.S. Truckers Are Growing Strong preview image Transportation Survey Says? U.S. Truckers Are Growing Strong October 30, 2014 IRVINE, CA – Seventy nine percent of American transport companies expect to increase their workforces this year and nearly one quarter of them think they’ll grow by six percent or…
April’s Load Volumes Slow, but Still Strong preview image Transportation April’s Load Volumes Slow, but Still Strong October 30, 2014 TORONTO – Truck freight volumes declined after March’s spike in loads, but truckers still hauled more goods in April 2014 than the same time last year, according to…
DEF Prices On Upward Trend preview image Transportation DEF Prices On Upward Trend October 30, 2014 LONDON, UK – Diesel exhaust fluid prices remained stable in the U.S. in April, but show no sign of slowing down in Canada, according to…
April Truck Orders Slow, But Still Higher Than April 2013 preview image Transportation April Truck Orders Slow, But Still Higher Than April 2013 October 30, 2014 COLUMBUS, IN – North American heavy and medium-duty truck orders slowed down in April from March, but are still up compared to the same time last year, freight forecasters at…
DesRosiers Predicts Trucking Sales Bubble preview image Transportation DesRosiers Predicts Trucking Sales Bubble October 30, 2014 TORONTO - Are the double-digit gains going to continue? DesRosiers says no.
Health Hazards of Modern Diesels Remain Unknown preview image Transportation Health Hazards of Modern Diesels Remain Unknown October 30, 2014 LYON, FRANCE - Diesel exhaust linked to cancer, but not confirmed in modern diesel technology.
How to Use the Freight Index preview image Transportation How to Use the Freight Index October 30, 2014
Overhaul of Temp. Foreign Worker Program Will Hurt Trucking preview image Transportation Overhaul of Temp. Foreign Worker Program Will Hurt Trucking October 30, 2014 OTTAWA, ON- The changes the Canadian government has announced to the Temporary Foreign Work Program will likely mean more parked trucks. Jean-Marc Picard, the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA)’s executive…
VORAD LEAPS TO THE NEXT LEVEL preview image Transportation VORAD LEAPS TO THE NEXT LEVEL October 30, 2014 Eaton's Vorad System VS-400 is smaller, lighter, easier to buy and use.
NEXT-GEN MOBILE COMPUTING preview image Transportation NEXT-GEN MOBILE COMPUTING October 30, 2014 Shaw Tracking and the new OmniVision platform take satellite-based communications to a new level.
ROADRANGER CD SET preview image Transportation ROADRANGER CD SET October 30, 2014 Service and parts literature from A to Z on CDs
GPS RECORDER preview image Transportation GPS RECORDER October 30, 2014 A low-cost alternative to real-time tracking devices.
IN-VEHICLE TRACKING preview image Transportation IN-VEHICLE TRACKING October 30, 2014 Prophesy offers affordable cab-mounted AVL tracking solution.
