The transportation industry and the overall economy move in lockstep with each other. The trucking markets tend to reflect larger economic trends well ahead of other industries. At the same time, trends that originate within the transportation space have an outsized impact on the greater economy.
Lanefinder CEO Mats Holmbäck equated the U.S. trucking industry to the locomotive for the world economy. If the industry isn’t working, nothing is working. It is crucial, then, that carriers can keep...