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Sean reports and comments on trends affecting the many different strata of the trucking industry -- light and medium duty fleets up through over-the-road truckload, less-than-truckload, and private fleet operations Also be sure to visit Sean's blog Trucks at Work where he offers analysis on a variety of different topics inside the trucking industry.

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Driverless trucks: Where they’ll work, where they won’t

The mistake many make when predicting adoption rates for autonomous vehicle (AV) technology in the freight business is that trucking is not a “homogenous” industry, stressed Richard “Dick” Metzler, chief marketing officer for online delivery firm uShip Inc.

West Virginia trucks haul flood relief to Louisiana

The severe 1,000-year flooding that struck Louisiana back in August left a trail of devastation in its wake – devastation that continues to be set right, however, by shipments of donated supplies to affected areas. Earlier this month West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) soldiers loaded five of their tractor-trailers with much-needed donated goods and headed down to the Pelican state. (All photos by Sgt. Zoe Morris of the 153rd Public Affairs Detachment)

Diesel and gasoline inch down for the week
Hot streak for the van segment

Sales of Class 1-3 commercial vans are going like gangbusters at the moment, with a revised forecast by the National Truck Equipment Association (NTEA) calling for a 10% uptick in sales this year versus 2015, with another 8% hike ahead for 2017. Will this “hot streak” for vans continue? Many experts think so – especially as many work fleets seem to be transitioning from pickups to vans to gain more covered storage and interior work space.

Freight volumes may be more normal than thought
Rethinking trucking from drivers to leadership 1

The trucking industry needs to rethink its approach to drivers, truck technology, even leadership strategies, according to Richard Stocking, currently president and Co-CEO for

ATA: Tonnage up for August

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported a 5.7% increase in its for-hire truck tonnage index for August, making up for a 2.1% tonnage decline for July.

Compared to August 2015, the index is up 5.9%; the largest year-over-year tonnage gain since May, the ATA noted, which was also up 5.9%. Year-to-date, compared with the same 8-month stretch in 2015, tonnage is up 3.5%.

Diesel down but gasoline up for the week
Clough: Weaker used Class 8 prices ahead

Steve Clough, president of Arrow Truck Sales, projects that prices for used Class 8 tractors will continue weakening as the supply of such units continues to grow in the market; supply that is only poised only to increase down the road.

Training military drivers for off-road work

Driving trucks on pavement is very different compared to piloting them across off-road, hard-scrabble, even sandy landscapes while under fire. That’s why the U.S. military devotes serious training time to those soldiers and sailors tasked with operating big rigs – and we do mean “big” – in often unforgiving environments all over planet. (Photos courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense)

FTR: Mixed forecast for truck and trailer production

Class 8, medium-duty, and trailer production rates are all expected to be knocked lower this year and next, according to analysis issued by research firm FTR during its annual transportation conference in Indianapolis this week.

However, by 2018, production rates for all of them are expected to start recovering, the firm’s experts said.

Navistar’s Clarke peers into the future

Troy Clarke, president and CEO of Navistar, provided his view of trucking’s future – and that of his company, following its alliance with the truck and bus division of Germany’s Volkswagen – during a presentation at annual three-day transport

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Trucking will continue to face many challenges

INDIANAPOLIS. There will be no shortage of challenges ahead for the trucking industry over the next few years, according to comments made by motor carrier executives and analysts gathered here at research firm FTR’s annual transportation conference.

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