News / Clearer road or more bumps ahead for US trucking: depends who you ask

Depending on which guru you’re talking to, this is either the time to nail-down US trucking contracts, or wait for more advantageous deals a bit further down the road.

As the market continues to slow, experts are divided on whether a rebound is imminent.

Trucking market barometers for April make for dismal reading: the monthly For-Hire-Trucking Volume Index, published by ACT Research, dropped to a reading of 37.6, down from 44.6 in March; and the American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index ...