A stronger economy has helped area shipping and logistics companies grow and increased freight prices and the number of orders for new trucks, a local business owner says.
It’s a “perfect storm” for freight companies and the trucking industry, said Kevin Burch, president of Dayton’s Jet Express and the American Trucking Associations immediate past chairman.
“Tonnage is up. And the amount of drivers is down,” Burch said last week in between meetings in Washington, D.C., where he was talking with other ATA leaders about infrastructure reform.
