Truckload freight availability remained elevated compared to previous years despite a seasonal dip, according to the DAT North American Freight Index, a measure of truckload freight demand and capacity in the United States and Canada. Same-month volume was up 32 percent compared to 2013, when freight volume was unusually robust. Spot market volume typically peaks in June; this year's seasonal contraction was 11 percent in July compared to the 10-year average decline of 19 percent.
The heads of Canada's two national railways say there's no need for "burdensome and ill-advised" new federal measures meant to speed up deliveries of grain on the Prairies.
Averitt Express has improved less-than-truckload (LTL) service times from the U.S. Midwest to the province of Ontario, Canada, including Toronto and other key cities.
Purolator International has launched Purolator Logistics, offering a broad range of services that include warehousing, fulfillment and returns processing for U.S.-based companies doing business with Canada.
Wal-Mart Canada Corp. has purchased two privately held Canadian logistics firms that have acted as Wal-Mart service providers: trucking company Translogic Express Dedicated Inc. (TEDI) and distribution centre operator SCM.
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