The American Truck Associations’ For-Hire-Truck Tonnage Index for May was up 5.7% compared to May 2015. ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said, “Recent choppy pattern in tonnage expected to continue for the next quarter or two.” read more

JUN 24, 2016 - 7:09 am

InMotion Gloabal said it has integrated Triumph Business Capital’s full offering of load funding services within AscendTMS, a cloud-based transportation management system for trucking companies. read more

JUN 23, 2016 - 7:35 am

Fleet Advantage announced the establishment of a new Safety Committee dedicated to providing insight and overseeing critical safety-related programs for the fleet transportation industry. read more

JUN 20, 2016 - 6:14 am

Daimler Trucks said the world’s major truck markets are in a period of sustained contraction and expects unit sales to be “significantly lower” in 2016 than in 2015. read more

MAY 23, 2016 - 6:56 am

Pro Star Freight Systems announced the addition of 19 trucks to its long haul freight fleet. read more

MAR 28, 2016 - 6:48 am

ACT Research reported March trailer net order rose 26% month/month and 3.5% year/year. ACT noted, “Large fleets continue to drive the market, and low cancellations show orders are firm.” read more

MAR 25, 2016 - 6:30 am

Transport Topics reported February U.S. Class 8 retail sales in February fell to 15,876 trucks, down 10.9% compared to 17,811 in 2014, the lowest monthly total since February 2014. read more

MAR 24, 2016 - 6:50 am

According to ACT Research, used Class 8 truck metrics continued to be mixed in February, up 6% year/year, but down 7% year-to-date. read more

MAR 23, 2016 - 7:42 am

According to the latest State of the Industry report released by ACT Research, Class 8 net orders were down 42% year over year, while Class 5-7 orders were the highest since December 2014. read more

MAR 21, 2016 - 5:51 am

Navistar announced a Q1/16 net loss of $33 million, an improvement of 21% compared to a Q1/15 net loss of $42 million. The company said its truck segment Q1/16 net sales decreased $573 million, or 34%, due to lower core truck volume. read more

MAR 14, 2016 - 7:24 am

According to Transport Topics, U.S. sales of Class 8 trucks were 19,231 in November, up 15.1% from a year earlier and the third-highest total for the month since 2000. read more

DEC 23, 2015 - 6:45 am

ACT Research reported used Class 8 truck metrics continued to be mixed in November. Unit sales shrank 23% month/month, despite longer term comparisons being flat to slightly up. read more

DEC 23, 2015 - 6:30 am

The supply of class 8 trucks continues to rise faster than demand for trucks, according to the most recent ACT For-Hire Trucking Index from ACT Research. read more

DEC 15, 2015 - 5:42 am

Transportation analyst firm FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index measure for October fell more than three points from September. FTR noted the decline was not unexpected. read more

DEC 14, 2015 - 7:04 am

Transport Topics reported U.S. retail sales of class 8 trucks declined on a year/year basis for the first time in 26 months as a softer economy sent mixed signals to the industry. read more

NOV 30, 2015 - 6:36 am