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Business
CCJ Indicators: Where van’s hot, diesel price outlook, latest on Class 8 orders
The states where van loads are outpacing available van capacity, the latest numbers on Class 8 orders and the DOE’s prediction for where diesel’s headed.
October 7, 2015
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Business
Large carriers get better rates, retain more drivers after 12-mo. mark
Large carriers have the highest rate per mile (RPM), despite also having the longest length of haul (LOH). They are also doing a better job of retaining drivers after the first year.
October 6, 2015
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Diesel prices up slightly over last week
Diesel prices ticked up slightly in the week ending Oct. 5, rising 1.6 cents over the previous week, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report.
October 5, 2015
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Business
Trucking drops 4,000 jobs in September
The for-hire trucking industry’s total employment fell by 4,000 jobs in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Department of Labor’s monthly Employment Situation Report, released Oct. 2.
October 2, 2015
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Business
CCJ Indicators: Flatbed heat map, rate activity from recent week, latest GDP report
CCJ Indicators rounds up the latest reports on trucking business indicators on rates, freight, equipment, the economy and more. Go east, young man (for flatbed rates): As you can see in the map above from DAT Solutions, flatbed rates last week (Sept. 20-26) were strongest on the East Coast, particularly so in the Northeast. They […]
September 30, 2015
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Business
Diesel prices continue to fall, drop 1.7 cents this week
Diesel prices this week continued their summer-long decline into the fall, dropping 1.7 cents during the week ending Sept. 28.
September 28, 2015
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Business
CCJ Indicators: August reports — Tonnage dips, linehaul rates climb
Tonnage dipped in August, according to ATA, but linehaul rates continue to climb higher in the month, Cass reported.
September 22, 2015
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Business
Diesel price drops below $2.50 per gallon, lowest in over six years
With a 2.4-cent drop this week, the country’s average diesel price is at its lowest point since June 1, 2009.
September 21, 2015
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Business
Where are truck and trailer orders headed?
In a Class 8 demand outlook at FTR’s Transportation Conference on Wednesday, Starks said utilization of equipment is about 90 percent right now, a few points above the mark that typically indicates fleet growth. “Anything about 85 to 88 percent suggests you need to be adding equipment into the fleet,” he said. “Things are still a little bit tight.”
September 17, 2015
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Business
Capacity’s looser, for now — freight, e-log mandate to tighten market soon
Concern over the trucking industry’s trend of loosening capacity of late — and how it will impact rates and what it means for freight growth — may be slightly misplaced, said speakers at a panel Wednesday at the FTR Conference in Indianapolis.
September 17, 2015
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Business
The recovery’s been good to trucking, but cycle may play out soon, says FTR’s Perry
Truck freight growth in recent years has outpaced the total economy’s growth by two to one on a percentage basis, but the realities of a late-recovery economic cycle may soon slow freight growth, FTR’s Noel Perry said Wednesday at FTR’s annual Indianapolis-held conference.
September 16, 2015
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Business
Diesel prices back on decline after slight increase last week
The price of a gallon of diesel is now $2.517 nationwide.
September 14, 2015
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Business
Heat map: Where truckload rates are hottest
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas registered the hottest last week for outbound truckload rates, averaging $2.39, $2.46, $2.45 and $2.49, respectively.
September 14, 2015
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Business
CCJ Indicators: Freight growth pushes trucking conditions to 2015 high, freight report for July
Based on stronger-than-expected freight growth, conditions for trucking companies hit their highest point of the year in July, per FTR. That and more on July freight and truck orders…
September 11, 2015
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Business
DAT Solutions creates new analytics portal for freight data
DAT Solutions has a new online analytics service that gives access to truck and load data on 149 key market areas in North America
September 11, 2015
New freight market analytics service from DAT Solutions, processes data and produces easy-to-understand visualizations. Shown here, clockwise, is an inbound/outbound trucks and loads map; carrier development chart; supply/demand heat map; truck density map. (PRNewsFoto/DAT Solutions)
Business
Rates plunge on the spot market in August, in line with seasonal trends
Per-mile spot market rates in the three major truckload segments continued their seasonal summer slide in August, with paid rates falling at least 6 cents from July in all three and posted rates sliding at least a dime, according to data from Truckstop.com. Rates in all three segments were also down significantly from last August, […]
September 9, 2015
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Business
Diesel’s downward trend snapped, price climbs for first time since May
The country’s average diesel price increased by 2 cents this week, breaking a streak of 14 consecutive weeks of prices declines across the United States, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report. The price of a gallon of on-highway diesel now stands at $2.534 nationwide. Prices increased in all regions of the U.S. except […]
September 8, 2015
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Business
Trucking adds 700 jobs in August
This is the fifth consecutive month that for-hire trucking employment has added jobs, and the seventh time (out of eight months) in 2015, continuing a years-long trend of job gains in the industry.
September 4, 2015
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