Month: October 2025

Chart of the Week:  Outbound Tender Volume Index, Outbound Tender Rejection Index – USA SONAR: OTVI.USA, OTRI.USA The national Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) — which measures truckload demand — hit an all-time low for the month of October last week, registering a value of 9,311. This places the index roughly 19% lower than last year and… Continue reading Truckload capacity is falling faster than demand

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: New customs regulation could slow cross-border trade; Daye opens $300M manufacturing plant in Nuevo León; and US eases truck tariff burden for Mexico under new trade structure New customs regulation could slow cross-border trade Mexico’s… Continue reading Borderlands Mexico: New customs regulation could slow cross-border trade

President Donald Trump abruptly suspended trade negotiations with Canada on Thursday after Ontario’s provincial government aired a TV ad in U.S. markets featuring former President Ronald Reagan saying that tariffs “hurt every American worker.”  The White House accused Ontario of misusing Reagan’s 1987 remarks, prompting Trump to denounce the ad as “fraudulent” and call off… Continue reading Trump halts Canada trade talks over Ontario’s Reagan ad

The Surface Transportation Board continues to strengthen an advisory panel of railroads and shippers. Ryan Ratledge, president and chief executive of short line operator Pinsly Railroad Co., has been appointed to the rail regulator’s Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (RSTAC) for a three-year term as the small railroad representative. Ryan Ratledge (Photo: Pinsly) “I am honored… Continue reading Short line CEO joins STB rail advisory council 

Marten Transport’s Truckload segment, which provided a little less than 48% of its earnings in the third quarter, had a negative operating ratio (OR) during the period for the third time in the last five quarters, though the company overall remained profitable. In an earnings release delayed about a week after its normal date–Marten (NASDAQ:… Continue reading Truckload segment at Marten again a plus 100% OR in third quarter