Average Age of Passenger Vehicles Hits Record High
Americans are keeping their cars longer than ever: The average age of a passenger vehicle on the road hit a record 12.5 years this year, according to data gathered by S&P Global Mobility.
House Panel Evaluates Supply Chain Concerns
WASHINGTON — House transportation policymakers expressed bipartisan support for pursuing initiatives meant to improve safety and workforce accommodations across the freight sector.
How 3PLs Are Building More Collaborative Supply Chains
Third-party logistics providers have been adjusting to normalizing market conditions as supply chain disruptions, inventory shortages and surging demand have receded.
Rebalanced Supply Chain Still Leaves Empty-Mile Problem
The underlying issues causing empty miles and unfilled trucks persist even as a balancing supply chain has softened them, experts warned.
How a Georgia Plant Helps Solve a Huge EV Supply Chain Kink
COVINGTON, Ga. — Ascend Elements takes spent lithium-ion batteries and scrap from EV battery makers and grinds them to dust, salvaging minerals for reuse in new EV power sources.
DOT Focuses on Strategic Investments in Supply Chain
WASHINGTON — Department of Transportation leaders want to make strategic federal investments in infrastructure projects to increase supply chain resiliency and enhance the economy.
ATA’s Spear Highlights Young Trucker Program at House Hearing
WASHINGTON — Enhancing recruitment and retention efforts across the trucking industry will benefit the connectivity of the country’s supply chain, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told a U.S. House panel March 28.
Global Supply Chains Back to Normal, N.Y. Fed Says
Global supply chains have returned to normal, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said, almost three years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
Supply Chains Have Healed, Yet Their Mark on Inflation to Endure
Supply chains across the world are healing up almost as fast as they broke down. That doesn’t mean the pressure they’re exerting on inflation will disappear as quickly.
ATA’s Chris Spear to Address Senate EPW Committee Feb. 15
The leader of American Trucking Associations will testify about fuel conditions across the surface transportation sector when he appears before a Senate panel Feb. 15. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.