The trucking industry in mid-2021 faces unprecedented demand from consumers and shippers, a driver shortage that looks like it could get worse, and the persistent challenges of a mutating COVID pandemic that continues to create problems across the supply chain.
But, despite the tremendous headwinds and unpredictable challenges, the trucking sector has continued chugging along as it always does, according to data from FTR Intelligence CEO Eric Starks.
Starks presented at CCJ's annual Symposium at the Ross Bridge resort in Hoover, Alabama, last week, and shared the following insights on the economic outlook for the trucking industry.
