Rising demand for consumer and industrial goods means truckers, who haul 70 percent of U.S. freight, are in for a busy 2011. That will keep things tight in an industry hit hard by the recession.
From Reuters
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Analysis: Truckers face cost squeeze in 2011
A recovering U.S. economy and a shortage of skilled drivers will force the nation's trucking industry to either pass through unpopular price hikes next year or take a hit to their profit margins.
Rising demand for consumer and industrial goods means truckers, who haul 70 percent of U.S. freight, are in for a busy 2011. That will keep things tight in an industry hit hard by the recession.
Rising demand for consumer and industrial goods means truckers, who haul 70 percent of U.S. freight, are in for a busy 2011. That will keep things tight in an industry hit hard by the recession.
