The freight economy has been battling several headwinds even with the COVID-19 pandemic’s upheavals moving quickly into its rearview mirror. There is still more trucking capacity than demand, which is keeping prices relatively low. Key industrial clients haven’t been free spenders for a while. And carriers are being encouraged, asked (and sometimes forced) to invest in pricey new equipment and technologies.
But there are signs that the sector’s travails are easing and that the outlook is getting brighter. The team at FleetOwner has been all over both the latest news and the broader trends underpinning truck transportation’s future. Check out this lineup of late:
Sept. 16 – What would a Fed rate cut mean for trucking?
Sept. 20 – Truckload volume, rates diverge in August
Sept. 24 – FedEx executives see little industrial growth coming soon
Sept. 25 – McLeod’s no-nonsense trucking economic outlook
Sept. 26 – An uncertain outlook for transportation and logistics industries
Sept. 27 – Good for-hire trucking news in August
