GLG News by Heavy Duty Truck Experts: Consultants and Industry Specialists

A major group of transportation officials has adopted recommending that Washington spend $545 billion in federal-aid highway spending, or just about double the current five-year spending plan of $286 billion. It would allow the nation to address its infrastructure needs, fix freight bottlenecks, improve...

How quick can one get in and out of a Chapter 11 filing? Pretty quickly if one has their ducks lined up. It does say something about trying to roll up a bunch of companies, carrying a lot of debt - and then being faced with a trying marketplace.

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has made decision to eliminate their Sterling brand. This has some interesting implications, but it means little - in the big scheme of things.

Truck capacity is being pulled out of the truckload sector at an alarming rate. J.B. Hunt has cut more than 1,400 trucks from its fleet, a 30 percent reduction, in about 18 months. Werner Enterprises and Swift Transportation have also reduced over-the-road capacity by about 10 percent. When the economy...

The “Green” movement in the trucking industry should be an evolution, following normal equipment life-cycles. Mandates for new equipment have ended up being expensive with retrofits even moreso. The way to think about trucking companies wanting to become more green - is to think about it in terms of...

New logistics, load planning and other supply-chain approaches are being taken to lower cost. Those doing it the same old way are being squeezed. As our colleague Mr. Schultz notes, freight has slowed and trucking company failures continue. Load makeup is changing and some are actively addressing it....

The writer of the article is seemingly unware of the trends that are taking place in outsourcing to low cost producing countries, including China and India and has not been following the apparent trends that are shifting the landscape not only for large manufacturing companies but even the mid sized...

The Green movement toward smaller and lighter packaging and products is hurting trucking companies as they try to recover from the economic downturn. The industry's chief economist is predicting that trucking company failures could exceed those from the last recession in 2000-2001.

As US importers and manufacturers reexamine their outsourcing strategies in China and Southeast Asia they must consider closely the ever-changing landscape related to international shipping prior to taking any significant action. Obviously product characteristics, raw material requirements,...

As per the referenced article, new truck orders worldwide (not just in the US) are falling - signaling a global slowdown. The forecasting models are being updated because the financing wildcard was not traditionally seen as a big factor - but with what? Freight, Fuel and Financing are the intertwined...