Profits and revenues at Ryder System Inc. increased in the second quarter of 2024 on the back of higher returns from its leasing and maintenance program, the integration of the Cardinal Logistics acquisition and the absence of an accounting charge taken in the year-ago period.

Whether adding or replacing trucks in your fleet, finding the most cost-effective solution is critical to the profitability and success of your business. Variable costs like fuel, tires, and maintenance represent a staggering amount of the expenses in a transportation business. 

Federal trucking regulators have requested truckers, especially owner-operators, to assist the agency’s truck leasing task force by providing information on leasing agreements that they believe are unfair.

A study by a U.S. government financial consumer group has concluded that there is widespread risk for truckers being rushed into signing so-called predatory lease-purchase agreements.

Fleets that want to test the waters with electric vehicles or other technology don’t have to do it themselves or even use their own trucks. Leasing companies are providing that opportunity.

A survey of companies in the equipment finance sector saw overall new business volume hit $9.5 billion in May, according to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association.

WASHINGTON — Electric vehicle leases are likely to surge beginning April 18, experts say, as new federal restrictions on EV tax credits come into effect.

Repowr, a collaborative logistics marketplace and digital-leasing platform, announced it closed a $4.2 million seed round.

A provision tucked in the bipartisan infrastructure funding law calls for the formation of a truck leasing task force to examine the fairness of lease and lease-purchase agreements.

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