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Spear is optimistic that ATA's outreach over the past year has been paying off. This includes actions by members to better inform lawmakers about the industry's most critical issues.

The trucking industry expects an uptick in cargo theft activity, related to peak shipping season, on top of already elevated conditions, experts warned.

Sales rose 1.3% to 22,800 units from 22,500 in August 2023, but the figure was unchanged from July.

U.S. dockworkers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts began their first major strike in decades Oct. 1 in a move that threatens to have downstream impacts on trucking.

The TIA board of directors announced the move on Sept. 26, the same day Reinke was named as the next president and CEO of the Intermodal Association of North America.

Logistics experts say a threatened strike by U.S. dockworkers could stymie shipping activity that stretches far beyond the East and Gulf Coast ports where work stoppages would occur.

U.S. ports reported strong results amid efforts in August to move cargo ahead of the holiday shipping season and a potential strike.

The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.8% to 115.8 from the prior month, and 0.7% compared with August 2023.

CRST has appointed Bill Clement as its new group president and chief strategy officer, the carrier announced Sept. 19.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The intermodal market has been climbing out of the freight recession, but very slowly amid continuing disruptions across the globe, according to a panel of experts Sept. 10.