Trucking Industry

The number of truck drivers testing positive for marijuana use rose by 9.2% in the first quarter of 2023, with a significant portion of those who failed their tests not participating in the return-to-work program, according to data from the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse reported...

The U.S. truckload market is still soft, with accepted contract shipments running approximately 5.5% lower than the year-ago period, and loose, as only 5.5% of contract truckload tenders are being rejected by carriers. When market conditions are favorable to carriers, they reject more contracted...

Truck transportation jobs continued a steady rise in July, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the not-seasonally adjusted figure again growing at a faster rate than the seasonally adjusted number. Economists generally look to seasonally adjusted data as being more...

Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD) reported core funds from operations of 97 cents per share Monday, 3 cents ahead of the consensus estimate and 14 cents better than the year-ago quarter. The San Francisco-based logistics real estate investment trust said occupancy was steady in the quarter at 95.4% with...

On today's episode, Dooner and The Dude talk about SVT Robotics' warehouse integration, the good and bad of e-commerce for Amazon and USPS, TK7 Products' push toward green initiatives, how to talk to millennials in trucking, FreightWaves' new swag store. and what's On The Radar in SONAR. Plus, Bad...

Historically trucking fleets have invested in alternative fuel vehicles as a way to reduce the total cost of ownership through lower fuel costs, but environmental factors are now driving investment in zero- or near-zero-emission trucking technologies. That's one of the key takeaways from a report...

Commercial vehicle drivers are more likely to engage in unsafe driving behaviors at the beginning or end of their shifts. Meanwhile, U.S. drivers are speeding more frequently on the less-congested roadways during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are some of the findings from a new data deep dive from...

When Canadian trucker Jean Pothier recently tried to schedule a battery of overdue blood tests, he was told to self-isolate for 14 days first over COVID-19 risks. It wasn't an option for the cross-border lease operator, who pays about CA$3,000 a month for his truck alone on top of a mortgage for...

The National Transportation Institute (NTI) is partnering with the Women In Trucking Association (WIT) to facilitate the data collection and analysis of the WIT Index. The Index is an annual survey of trucking companies that tracks the percentage of women working as professional drivers and in...

The case against owning stock in trucking companies can be summarized in one word: Tesla. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s plans to eventually sell electric semi-trucks is a "big deal" as it will disrupt one of the country's biggest industries, Loup Ventures' Gene Munster said in a...

One of America’s biggest trucking companies Knight Transportation (NYSE: KNX) has agreed to merge with Swift Transportation Co (NYSE: SWFT) to create one of the biggest trucking giants in the industry, to be valued at $5 billion. Following the announcement, Deutsche Bank upgraded Knight...

JPMorgan has warned that the North American trucking industry might be having its worst year since 2007. Analyst Brian Ossenbeck, who launched the coverage on the sector, said the truckload sector faces a broadly negative 2016 fundamental outlook and expects to drive the first contraction in...