U.S. WASHINGTON — U.S. weekly rail traffic continues to run ahead of 2023 levels, thanks to intermodal volume, according to statistics from the Association of American Railroads. For the week ending July 13, total U.S. volume was 483,806 carloads and intermodal units, an increase of 1.3% over the same week in a year ago. That…
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How enterprise fleets can promote health to drivers to improve their overall quality of life on the road DETAILS: Mark Manera, CEO and founder of Supply Chain Fitness, speaks with Mary O’Connell of FreightWaves about the health of truck drivers and why companies should not only invest in drivers’ health, but find…
A battle over the complex issue of how states tax the value of freight movements and deliveries may soon reach a climax, with significant resistance to change coming from the trucking sector. On one side of the argument is a push by some states, notably California, to move away from what is known as a…
A weak freight market led to a weak earnings report at Triumph Financial, the trucking-focused bank, but CEO Aaron Graft’s quarterly letter to shareholders continued to emphasize long-term strategy over short-term earnings. Graft’s letter, which this quarter ran 11 pages of text, graphs and charts, opened by labeling quarterly earnings “anemic” and said the primary…
Joni Casey, president and CEO of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), announced Wednesday that she will retire at the end of 2024 after 27 years of leadership at the organization. The association’s board of directors has begun a search to identify Casey’s successor, IANA said in a news release, and aims to ensure…