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Have freight rates hit bottom? DAT Trendlines thinks they might, or at least they’re headed that way. All during October, rates have gone down, “but

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 3.5 percent in the July-September quarter as the strongest burst of consumer spending

FORT SMITH, Ark. — ArcBest is celebrating its 95th anniversary this fall. From its roots in less-than-truckload delivery, ArcBest has transformed into a full-scale provider

COLUMBUS, Ind. — September trailer orders continued to reflect the early opening to the 2018-19 order season, ACT Research reported Thursday. Total trailer net orders

Two published trucking indexes are showing the ups and downs of the industry, although collectively they indicate a positive environment. The latest release of ACT’s

ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.9 percent in September, sliding to 111.8 from August’s

EAGAN, Minn. — For the second time in 2018, Transport America, a subsidiary of TFI International Inc., said it was implementing a pay increase for

VAN BUREN, Ark. — USA Truck said Thursday it had acquired privately-held Davis Transfer Co. and related entities of Carnesville, Georgia. Davis is a southeast

ST. LOUIS — Despite all the recent turmoil in the financial markets and the resulting concerns about the strength of the economy, the Cass Freight

TULSA, Okla. — Driver iQ, a provider of  background screening and driver monitoring services to the trucking industry, says carriers taking part in its third

PORTLAND, Ore. — Freight resumed a seasonal pattern on the spot market in September, with a month-over-month decline of 14 percent, DAT reports. Compared to

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Although FTR’s August Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) at a reading of 10.24 fell from the very high reading of the previous month,

Sales of Class 8 trucks in the United States decreased 1.1 percent in September as compared to August, but year to-date-sales continue to post impressive

PLOVER, Wis. — Women In Trucking Association and Freightliner Trucks have named three finalists for the 2018 Influential Woman in Trucking award. This is the

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added just 134,000 jobs in September, the fewest in a year, though the figure was likely lowered by Hurricane Florence, while

ARLINGTON, Va. — The annualized turnover rate at large truckload carriers jumped four percentage points in the second quarter to 98 percent, according to American

Preliminary data for orders of Class 8 trucks in September didn’t set a record such as has been the case several times in 2018, but

ELYRIA, Ohio — Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems Tuesday said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the ProSteering business of JM Engineered Products, a