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Slowdown hitting small fleets hardest, survey sample shows
As the coronavirus continues to impact the trucking industry, small fleets are impacted worse than larger fleets. Details on this survey and more on Overdrive.
March 31, 2020
Channel 19
Freight market reality check: âItâs just terribleâ
What it feels like right now for a couple readers where the 22.5s (or 24.5s) meet the pavement, and underscored by long-range analysis in the newly released quarterly U.S. Bank Freight Index report, showing the decline in volume and overall freight spending in the last quarter.
January 22, 2020
Channel 19
2020 income outlook: Owner-operators trend optimistic for the year ahead
Believe it or not, as it were â there were, however, a variety of shrugs and SMHs to the annual question on business income outlook for the new year this time around social media. Polling results, however, showed much more of an âitâs got to be better than last yearâ dynamic than results this time in 2019.
January 9, 2020
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your businessâ income outlook for 2020?
Do you expect income earned in 2020 to exceed your businessâ 2019 performance? The opposite? Weigh in with your prognosis via this poll.
December 26, 2019
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your view of the trucking impact of the escalating import-tariff tit-for-tat with China?
What do you feel has been the domestic freight/trucking impact of the escalating back-and-forth of levies on import tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China on each otherâs goods? Positive? Negative? Not so simple? Weigh in here.
October 14, 2019
Business
ATBSâ income benchmarking-data call
September 12, ATBS, the nationâs largest tax and business services firm dedicated to owner-operator businesses, is hosting a conference call and online presentation to present a variety of data toward answering the question, âHas 2019 been significantly worse for owner-operators?â
August 30, 2019
Business
Trucking indicators remain bleak, freight transportation weaker than broader economy
Despite 2018âs surge, indicators for 2019, especially of late, appear somewhat bleak. Truck orders hit their lowest point since the bottom of the Great Recession, and transportation growth in the second quarter was much weaker than that of the overall U.S. economy.
August 6, 2019
Business
Freight recession? Not as long as volumes continue strong
Major van marketsâ volumes regained all they lost during the July 4 holiday week, as talk of a freight recession arose from some industry quarters. Reefer shows signs of volume falls in the last week, but not the other major segments, DAT notes.
July 18, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Have we hit a trucking lull? Recent indicators, analysis reveal a mixed bag
Comparisons to 2018 aside, trucking-specific indicators have been dull in recent months, signaling the definitive end to the roughly year-long up-cycle in late 2017 and into 2018.
April 24, 2019
Business
Spot rates expected to dip âsharplyâ in 2019 as economic growth stalls
Analysts at FTR said they project freight to remain stable in 2019, despite the slowing of economic growth. Get the details on the report from FTR on Overdrive.
February 14, 2019
Channel 19
2019 outlook: More owner-ops cautiously optimistic than not
Whatâs ahead for your business in 2019? If youâre like about a third of owner-operators responding to recent Overdrive polling, expectations of good things to come abound. This year, though, most movement from last yearâs polling is toward a measure of stability expected.
January 4, 2019
Overdrive Extra
2019âs crystal ball: Hot sectors, interest rates, used truck pricing, small-fleet hiring
A month from now, weâll be inundated with experts reading the trucking tea leaves for 2019. Rather not wait for their pronouncements? Hereâs an early jump on new-year predictions, as well as trends that go beyond 2019.
November 21, 2018
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