On Oct. 1, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association held its first meeting for a new benchmarking group aimed at boosting efficiency through shared insights.

As holiday shoppers gear up for an earlier start to the season, transportation experts predict a bustling peak period that mirrors last year’s activity.

The evaluation examines multiple facets of operations, from the core self-driving component to the ecosystem of supporting services.

Spear is optimistic that ATA's outreach over the past year has been paying off. This includes actions by members to better inform lawmakers about the industry's most critical issues.

The trucking industry expects an uptick in cargo theft activity, related to peak shipping season, on top of already elevated conditions, experts warned.

Sales rose 1.3% to 22,800 units from 22,500 in August 2023, but the figure was unchanged from July.

U.S. dockworkers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts began their first major strike in decades Oct. 1 in a move that threatens to have downstream impacts on trucking.

The TIA board of directors announced the move on Sept. 26, the same day Reinke was named as the next president and CEO of the Intermodal Association of North America.

Logistics experts say a threatened strike by U.S. dockworkers could stymie shipping activity that stretches far beyond the East and Gulf Coast ports where work stoppages would occur.

U.S. ports reported strong results amid efforts in August to move cargo ahead of the holiday shipping season and a potential strike.