After being cancelled earlier this year, the pilot program allowing Mexican trucks to carry cargo on U.S. roads may be back on. This is due to a six billion dollar lawsuit aimed at the U.S. government as well as the steep tariffs imposed on U.S. goods as punishment. Industries on both sides of the border [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Mexico, NAFTA and US
August 24th, 2009
Tags: american trucking association, canada, department of transportation, government, mexico, nafta, trucking, us
Will Government Stimulus Packages Impact Freight Volume
August 20th, 2009
We hear a lot about the economic stimulus package and rightfully so, it is the moment of change that we pin our hopes for an improved economy to. What is it going to do for the fundamental problem of freight volume has not been addressed. This is an important question. In the past, one of [...]
Dear Santa: All I Want For X-Mas Is A LoadBoard
August 19th, 2009
A load board provides a series of services to the trucking community. It is the entrance to an online network of trucking resources, the simplest of which is the posting of loads to ship and trucks needing cargo. This simple and original premise of a place to find carriers and loads, a place to find [...]
The Low-Down On Load Boards
August 18th, 2009
Load boards are an invaluable resource to the trucking community. They are a hub of information that is endlessly and easily accessible with an internet connection or even just a cell phone. First and foremost, they provide a place to list and find trucks and loads. But load boards are more than matchmakers. The wealth [...]
“Truckers Brought It.” The Size And Importance Of The Trucking Industry
August 17th, 2009
It has been said that if the trucks stop, America stops. The truckload industry is one of over sixty five billion dollars spread over more than fifty thousand carriers. It’s a large and vital part of American society where almost everything around you has been shipped from one location to another, often multiple times before [...]