For a majority of the past year, we have been writing about how the pent up demand for trucking services due to the coronavirus pandemic has caused the trucking industry to rebound with terms such as “on fire” and “skyrocket on top of a skyrocket”. Frankly, we are running out of terms to describe how […]
While the numbers deviated slightly from the update in the middle of March, the massive jump in rates for all three forms of freight held steady.
Last month, the office of Joe Biden released the details for the American Jobs Plan. The entire press release clocks in at almost 12,000 words. Reading it is a time-consuming project, but if you want to, you can view it on the fact sheet webpage. For those who have better things to do (such as […]
2021 is the new 2020. Many bills are getting a second wind with a new Congress and White House. One of these is an attempt to resolve the perpetual problem of truck parking.Jason’s Law Starts ItJason’s law, named after a truck driver who was murdered when he could not find a safe place to park, […]
Currently, fuel taxes of 18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline and 24.4 cents of diesel fuel have been used for the Highway Trust Fund. These numbers, unchanged since 1993, are not enough for the infrastructure needs of the country. The American Civil Society of Engineers says there is a backlog of $661 billion in road […]
Side guards might seem like another costly regulation for truckers, but they can prevent a lot of future headaches.Stop Underrides ActThe Stop Underrides Act has gone through Congress twice before, in 2017 and 2019. Two changes make it more likely to pass this time. First, Donald Trump’s methodology of cutting regulations more than adding them […]
Similar to the trailer sales in January, February trailer purchases decreased when compared to the month before, but are much higher than they were at the same time last year. ACT Research has the numbers.Trailer Sales NumbersFebruary 2021’s trailer sales totaled approximately 24,000 units. This is a 20% decrease from the 30,000 in January, but […]
We will usually only post about the freight rates when DAT has solidified the numbers, usually a week after the month has passed. Here is an exception. While we are only a little bit over halfway through the month, DAT is estimating freight rates to skyrocket compared to February. The Numbers and Growth In pictures, […]
Should it pass, truckers driving diesel-powered trucks will have to plan ahead before driving into Oregon, as the bill enacts a plan to ban all sales of diesel by 2028.
We explained how we thought this state of emergency would not need an extension, and in twenty-eight cases we were right. However, some states were hit harder by the cold weather than others, and as such, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expanding the state of emergency in these six states. Regional Emergency Details […]