News / US trucking and intermodal players still finding the business an uphill struggle

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For US surface transport providers, the uphill slog that characterised the past year seems set to continue.

Intermodal and trucking volumes declined last year, keeping prices down, but a contraction of capacity combined with momentum returning to the market may bring some relief in the latter half of this year.

Numbers for 2019 paint a gloomy picture of  decline in most sectors. The National Shipment Index, published quarterly by US Bank, shows shipments fell 4% in Q4 over the previous period and 5.4% ...