U.S. autoworkers’ strike expected to affect Canada

A limited strike by autoworkers in the U.S. is expected to affect the sector in Canada as the industry in both countries is deeply integrated. About 13,000 U.S. workers went…

Slow and steady recovery in store for truckers: FTR

It’s a mixed picture for the trucking market, with no immediate end to a soft rate environment in the near-term but gradually improving conditions. That was the message from Avery…

Economic Trucking Trends: Continued weakness ahead, but spot market rates continue to improve

Speakers at an industry outlook conference cautioned that trucking conditions are likely to remain challenging into next year, but there are signs U.S. spot market rates are gaining some strength.

Argo AI founders turn to autonomous trucking with Stack AV

Executives with now-shuttered Argo AI – a multi-billion-dollar self-driving car business that had been backed by Ford and Volkswagen Group — are now leading a new Pittsburgh-headquartered autonomous trucking venture…

Mullen Automotive faces delisting by Nasdaq stock exchange

The Nasdaq stock exchange is threatening to delist Mullen Automotive, an emerging electric vehicle manufacturer whose lineup includes Class 4-6 Bollinger Motors trucks, after the company’s minimum bid price…

TFI International acquires Vedder Transportation

TFI International has acquired Vedder Transportation Group, a fleet that specializes in transporting tanks of food grade liquids and dry bulk commodities, establishing a national food grade tank truck network…

Economic Trucking Trends: Fuel prices pinching shippers and truckers, flatdeck continues to weigh on rate recovery

There are no winners in transportation when fuel prices rise, as evidenced by recent readings from both FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index and Shippers Conditions Index. Both trucking conditions, reported last…

Economic Trucking Trends: Freight headwinds, worsening trucking conditions, and another supply chain disruption

It continues to be a tough go for trucking companies, according to industry indices, and now there’s another supply chain disruption that threatens to impact the ability of retailers to…

Trimac acquires U.S. fleet Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking

Trimac has made its fourth acquisition this year, buying Doyle Sims & Sons Trucking in Gleason, Tenn. The company, founded in 1949, runs primarily in the south, southeastern and midwestern…

Economic Trucking Trends: Flatdeckers weigh on spot market rates, private fleets adding trucks

It appears the summer doldrums are in full effect. The spot market remains sluggish, with flatdeckers feeling the most pain in recent weeks. Trailer orders ticked upward slightly in July,…

Titanium earnings slide as trucking conditions normalize

Titanium is the last of Canada’s publicly traded companies to report Q2 earnings, and like its peers it was unable to match record year-ago numbers. Consolidated revenue totaled $100.4 million,…

Economic Trucking Trends: Spot market carriers reach ‘critical point’ as exits extend to larger fleets

There’s lots to digest in this week’s trucking economic report. Motive says that industry exits in the U.S. are now reaching into the realms of larger-sized fleets, affecting operations with…

Yellow Corp. files for bankruptcy protection, blames Teamsters

Yellow Corp. on Sunday filed its much anticipated petitions for relief under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, blaming the Teamsters union for its demise. The company will wind down operations and…

TFI acquires truck transporter JHT Holdings

TFI International has acquired JHT Holdings, a Wisconsin-based company that transports finished Classes 6-8 trucks to dealers and end customers. The company was founded in 1933 and works for truck…

B.C. port workers ratify deal, end labor disruptions

British Columbia’s port workers have voted almost 75% in favor of accepting a contract offer, ending weeks of turbulent job action that stopped billions of dollars’ worth of goods from being…