Orders for Class 8 trucks remain flat despite strong industry demand, signaling that OEMs expect ongoing supply chain challenges to continue.
Supply Chain Crunch Continue to Restrain Truck Orders
Posted Friday March 11, 2022 in Business, Technology
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Voices of Canadian Industry Call to Action on Border Blockades
Posted Tuesday February 08, 2022 in Border & Customs, Image/PR, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety
A group of leading business trade associations, representing key sectors of the Canadian supply chain, issued the following statement on blockades affecting key trade corridors and border crossings:
Factors Impacting Truck Production-sales ‘Start and End with Covid’ – ACT
Posted Friday January 28, 2022 in Business, Technology
Supply, not demand, will continue to dictate unit volumes for vehicles in the short-term, even as capital goods investment is seeing an upside breakout, generating higher freight volumes, according to Kenny Vieth, ACT’s president and senior analyst.
Shipper, Industry Groups Go to Bat for Trucking as Border Vax Mandate Weeks Away
Posted Friday December 17, 2021 in Border & Customs, Business, Infrastructure, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety
Canadian shippers and other industry associations are backing statements made by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) which call on the Government of Canada to delay the timing of the border vaccination mandate.
ACT Research: Commercial Vehicle Industry Faced with Persistent Supply Shortages, Now Facing Omicron Variant
Posted Friday December 17, 2021 in Business, Technology
According to ACT’s latest release of the North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook, despite rock-solid demand across the spectrum of forward-looking medium and heavy-duty vehicle market indicators, industry capacity remains range-bound across a broad front of supply-chain constraints, and now Omicron was emerged as a wildcard.
