Transportation

Alone among the modes, the railroads are not able to say “no” to the demands of interior point intermodal (IPI), most recently seen in the surge of imports through the...

Overview Signs of a cooler labor market continued in August as job gains remained tepid following a downward revision of prior data. Job openings, meanwhile, have basically normalized, although they...

In July, residential housing construction for single-family homes started at a rate of 851,000; this is 14.1% below the revised June figure of 991,000, a four-year low for the industry,...

Last week, shippers thought they could feel a little more optimistic about cargo continuing to flow through East and Gulf Coast ports. After all, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) filed...

Chart of the Week: National Truckload Index (Linehaul Only, Outbound Tender Reject index – USA SONAR: NTIL.USA, OTRI.USA The Labor Day holiday was not a strong catalyst of disruption to the U.S. trucking...

 4RoadService.com  recently announced the launch of the 4RoadService 3 Mobile App, now available on both Android and iOS platforms. This major update further streamlines the process of finding reliable repairs...

Kinedyne Engineered Solutions are revolutionizing the cargo control industry by providing innovative systems designed to optimize load efficiency, safety, and ease of use. With decades of experience, the company is...

Despite sources telling the Journal of Commerce that management has reached out more than 10 times since June seeking new talks, none have been scheduled and there now appears to...

Overview One of the biggest pieces of economic data this week mostly confirmed what we already knew, namely that strong vehicle sales in July greatly bolstered consumer spending. We also...

Trucking is an industry that runs on trust. That’s been a bit harder to come by lately. Rates and demand plummeted in the past two years, while fraud surged. What...