Werner Enterprises advised an improving economy combined with tight truck capacity is contributing to improved freight demand. “Truck capacity is challenged by an increasingly competitive driver market and heightened regulatory cost increases for truck ownership and safety. Thus, we expect this favorable demand trend relative to constrained supply will continue in 2015. There are several new safety regulatory initiatives in process or scheduled for implementation during 2015, and we anticipate they will further tighten truck capacity.”

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