Truckload

US spot truckload rates jump as volumes rise 17 percent in the first week of March.

After a "tougher" than expected start to the year, Swift Transportation expects more from March.

Pressure on truckload rates abates, at least temporarily, as demand remains moderate.

USAT Logistics, the non-asset arm of USA Truck, opens a Mexican subsidiary.

Dedicated trucking prevents deeper revenue decline at the Top 25 Truckload Carriers.

Eager to avoid potential rate increases in the second half of the year, shippers are sitting down with trucking providers now to talk pricing.

Fuel surcharges, which dropped along with fuel prices in 2015 and 2016, are now rising again, putting more pressure on shipper budgets.

The economic impact of a challenge to Mexican trucking in the United States is small, but the debate could fuel a growing trade dispute.

Large shippers seek integrated enterprise technology that provides greater visibility and control over execution and costs, but there's no "magic elixir."

Narrowing gap between spot and contract truckload rates heightens expectations for broader price hikes.

As larger carriers try to limit capacity to improve their pricing power, smaller companies may be rushing to fill the gap.

Expectations of rising transportation rates have more shippers looking at alternative routes, and not just rails.

Rattled by the prospect of higher truck rates, shippers are looking at new negotiating strategies to protect savings.

TRAC Intermodal this month became the latest company to introduce lightweight chassis in Houston.

Two of the largest US truckload carriers report rising contract rates. As pressure on pricing slowly builds, shippers want to talk.

Speakers at the SMC3 Jump Start 2017 conference expect truckload and LTL rates to move up, modestly, in 2017.

TRAC Intermodal is furthering an industry-wide push to upgrade intermodal equipment quality.

Landstar's new logistics center in Laredo will handle more than truckload freight as the company expands its cross-border business.

The prospect of a stronger US economy later in the year has many truck shippers advancing contract talks and freight bids to the first quarter, while carriers "hedge their bets."

Trucking companies that lease equipment to drivers and treat them as owner-operators need to review their practices in light of a decision that classified drivers who leased equipment from Swift Transportation as employees.

A group of truckers is expanding a program for high-end chassis.

Trucking costs in Mexico may rise 8 to 14 percent, Transplace said, as carriers react to state-imposed fuel price increases.

For-hire trucking employment rose to a new high in December, but carriers are hitting a hiring ceiling.

Schneider National and heavy-haul flatbed specialist Daseke Inc. plan to go public in 2017, seeking new routes to financing.

The US spot truckload market is delivering Christmas dinner, as demand for potatoes and meats spike and spot market volumes are nearly double year-ago levels. E-commerce is also shifting freight shipments closer to the year's end.

The fifth-largest US truckload carrier builds out its Laredo terminal, the busiest facility in its network, as cross-border trucking increases and shipper demands change.

US shippers are moving more goods, thanks to holiday demand, but not necessarily paying more for transportation.

The US truckload spot market soared post-Thanksgiving, with volumes hitting highs and rates continuing their climb in what may be a stronger consumer-led recovery.

Indices measuring trucking demand, pricing, and tonnage fell again in October, but decelerating declines are raising motor carriers’ hopes that the market has reached the bottom of the trough.

Higher spot-market truck rates and volumes are pushing up the DAT Freight Index at a point in the year when it traditionally would fall.

Was October's truckload spot market spike an atypical surge or sign of increased underlying demand?

Hungarian truckload company Waberer’s successfully swerved the negative impacts of Europe’s refugee crisis and Brexit, the company said.

The much-rumored truckload capacity crunch hasn't been canceled but simply postponed for a year or less by low economic growth, speakers at the 2016 JOC Inland Distribution Conference said.

US shippers surveyed by the JOC, NASSTRAC, and Truckstop.com expect slightly higher freight volumes over the next six months, but mostly flat rates — except truckload rates.

A survey finds most shippers believe truckload capacity is now “adequate” or in a “rough equilibrium,” and expect it to stay that way.

Truckload companies USA Truck and Celadon Group are not waiting for a recovery in the truckload market to materialize and pull them out of the red, instead working to get into the black with a stronger focus on their asset-light brokerage businesses.

IHS Automotive data reveal a significant decline in new commercial truck registrations, especially for heavy trucks.

The ELD mandate's impact on available truck capacity isn't the only thing shippers should worry about.

When freight demand is low and rates are hard to maintain, who wants to buy a used truck? That's a problem truckload carriers face as they try to reduce their capacity to bolster pricing.

The acquisition gives Canada's largest trucking operator a bigger US presence and route into Mexico and helps XPO pay down debt.