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Large TL Churn at 5-Year Low in Sluggish Market, ATA Says

Driver turnover fell 4 percentage points year-over-year for larger truckload fleets to 83% in the second quarter, dropping to the lowest level since 2011 amid a sluggish freight market, American Trucking Associations reported last week.

Rip Watson and Ari Ashe | Staff Reporters
September 5, 2016
Business

July Tonnage Rises 0.3%

Truck tonnage in July continued to reflect a struggling freight environment, posting a 0.3% year-over-year gain that was the smallest this year, and declining 2.1% from June, American Trucking Associations reported.

Rip Watson and Ari Ashe | Staff Reporters
August 29, 2016
Business

XPO, YRC Post Profits in 2nd Quarter

Second-quarter earnings rose at YRC Worldwide and XPO Logistics’ less-than-truckload unit, but results of other publicly traded carriers slipped along with the struggling U.S. industrial sector.

Rip Watson and Ari Ashe | Staff Reporters
August 8, 2016