Transportation

Fighting fraud in trucking is a team sport, and according to Erika Voss, Chief Information Security Officer at DAT Freight & Analytics, slowing down is key. It’s easy to get...

20 days… That’s all that’s left before a new deal has to be reached between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). No deal by...

At this point, it’s unclear whether there will be a strike, as the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is threatening, or whether a strike will be avoided, perhaps by the president...

A new study found that not only is having drivers detained at customers' facilities expensive, it also contributes to higher speeds driven by some truckers.Additionally, it's accepted as inevitable by...

A trailer door moves through the production process at Utility Trailer’s factory in Clearfield, Utah. (Utility Trailer) Demand and consequently output prospects for U.S. trailer manufacturers continue to dim, said...

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...