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Truck Orders Dipped in November, Build Backlog Remains at Record

December 7, 2018

From Commercial Carrier Journal CCJ‘s Indicators rounds up the latest reports on trucking business indicators on rates, freight, equipment, the economy and more. Preliminary Class 8 truck orders in North America totaled 27,500 in November, according to FTR, with the market winding down after five consecutive months topping 40,000 orders. Novembers order total was the lowest of the year and the lowest since September 2017, but

Fatigue a Serious Concern Among Transportation Employers

October 2, 2018

From FreightWaves Do you have a fleet of tired truck drivers? That’s a big concern based on a new survey by the National Safety Council (NSC) that found 97% of transportation (covering trucking, rail, air and other transportation-related companies) employers are worried about employee fatigue. NSC notes that the results of the survey are not necessarily indicative of a widespread problem.

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Is Driving Without Drivers the Future of Trucking?

June 4, 2018

Freight industry battles driver turnover at 90% From CCJ With driver turnover rates bumping 90 percent last year, shippers could find only one available truck for every 12 outbound loads — the lowest ratio in 13 years, according to DAT Solutions. As carriers fight for enough humans to keep trucks moving, the evolution of automation has put truck driving in an

Mullen Group CEO Blames Horizontal Multistage Frac Technology for Low Oil Prices, Layoffs

April 14, 2016

Trucking CEO Predicts an Alternative to the Combustion Engine is Coming in His Lifetime At Truck World 2016, Canada’s national truck show that opened in Toronto today, Canada’s Mullen Group (ticker: MTL; Mullen-Group.com) CEO Murray K. Mullen gave an interesting perspective during a breakfast talk. Due to the oil downturn, in Canada, “100,000 jobs, $60 billion in earnings, and $33 billion

Truck Orders Dipped in November, Build Backlog Remains at Record

Fatigue a Serious Concern Among Transportation Employers

Is Driving Without Drivers the Future of Trucking?

Mullen Group CEO Blames Horizontal Multistage Frac Technology for Low Oil Prices, Layoffs

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