Con-way Freight will raise its less-than-truckload base rates 5.9 percent on average June 24, along with minimum charges and accessorial fees.
William B. Cassidy
Senior editor William B. Cassidy covers trucking for The Journal of Commerce. He is based in Washington, D.C.
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The latest round of general rate increases points to higher contractual pricing to come as LTL carriers seek to regain lost pricing levels.
FedEx Freight will raise its general tariff rates 4.5 percent on average July 1, following a route blazed by UPS Freight and ABF Freight System in May and June.
The Journal of Commerce For-Hire Trucking Employment Index remained flat at 95.8 in May, after rising eight-tenths of a percent in April to its highest reading since September 2008.
If shippers want to blunt rising transportation costs, and carriers want more sustainable profits, they need to learn to connect not just the dots but also the bytes.
Employment in transportation and warehousing climbed 1.4 percent in May, as the U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
An uneven, anemic economic recovery, spending cuts driven by the federal sequester and winter storms all threw up roadblocks for trucking operators in the first quarter, slowing the industry’s drive...
Vitran Express will close terminals in four Western states as it shifts assets and resources to focus on its core regiona
A weak market for industrial equipment is hurting the flatbed business of Landstar System, according to the trucking company’s chairman, president and CEO.
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The JOC Truckload Capacity Index remained flat at 79.7 in the first quarter, the lowest reading in the recently revised index’s six-year history.
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