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Equipment
Class 8 truck orders top 40,000 in October — a 2-year high
Preliminary Class 8 truck orders in North America reached a two-year high in October with more than 40,000 reservations.
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News
US rail volumes still under pressure
U.S. rail traffic is still facing double-digit percentage declines amid trade uncertainties and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Business
July new heavy-duty truck orders lowest since 2010
July heavy-duty truck orders were the lowest since 2010, more evidence of a trucking sector recession taking hold.
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Business
Trailer orders plunge to 10-year low in June
Trailer orders hit their lowest level in nearly a decade in June, mirroring the slowdown in new truck orders after record performances for both in…
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Equipment
Class 8 orders rise slightly in June, but post worst first half of year since 2010
Class 8 truck orders rose sightly in June from May's figures, but posted their worst first six months of the year since 2010.
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Trucking
Conditions continue to improve for shippers
As rate pressure eases, conditions for shippers continue to improve.
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Trucking
Today’s Pickup: Kenworth adds remote diagnostics to medium-duty trucks; Trucking Conditions Index falls
Good day, Truck makers have been insisting that medium-duty truck owners are starting to look for the same type of data analytics and remote diagnostic…
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News
Truck trailer orders down again in February, but analysts predict another record year
Truck trailer orders dropped for the third straight month in February.
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Intermodal
Today’s Pickup: DHL Group hopes to attract drivers by getting them out of the truck, trailer orders come in high again
Deutsche Post DHL Group (XETRA: DPW) has taken a new approach to recruiting driving in Europe: offering to rotate them out of driving roles. Following…
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Economics
2019: The year of the same, or maybe better
More of the same. That was the consensus in a quick informal poll of listeners to FTR’s State of Freight webinar on Thursday when they…
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