Author: Fleet Owner Staff

Final trailer orders reached 45,000 units in November, according to ACT Research and FTR.
US trailer orders slid sequentially for the second consecutive month, ACT said, but that still makes November 2018 the fifth-highest net order month in industry

Final trailer orders reached 45,000 units in November, according to ACT Research and FTR.
US trailer orders slid sequentially for the second consecutive month, ACT said, but that still makes November 2018 the fifth-highest net order month in industry

Spot rates ticked up for all three equipment types. This is despite a 3-cent decline in the price of diesel to $3.05 a gallon

Walmart has shortened the application time to 31 days from 73 days, and changed the format of its hiring events.

The company welcomes four new locations in Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, and Idaho in second half of 2018, totally to 28 locations in the U.S. since its founding in 2010.

Holiday sales excluding automobiles rose 5.1% to $850 billion, based on data from Mastercard SpendingPulse.
The total for the period between Nov. 1 and Christmas was the strongest growth in six years and includes a 19.1% surge in e-commerce sales. Ma

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National average van and flatbed load-to-truck ratios declined slightly while the reefer ratio increased compared to the previous week, reflecting demand to move fresh produce and temperature-controlled goods ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Being made in the USA and distributed from a central location give the company a competitive advantage against others who are importing products into the U.S.

The Kenworth W990 begins production in January at the Kenworth assembly plant in Chillicothe, Ohio.