2013 will go down in trucking history as a year of readjustment, prompting industry to dust itself down and finally overcome the chronic Read more
Leading the way: Next-shoring
In early 2012, Global Trailer published an article on US company AXN, which had decided to follow a not-so-common business model called offshore insourcing. Read more
South Korea’s trailer market
Over the past half century, the Republic of Korea has achieved a remarkably high level of economic growth, moulding it into a modern Read more
USA’s trailer market
Blog after blog and column after column have bemoaned the slowness of the US economic recovery, and long-term data could suggest they are Read more
Columbia’s trailer market
In early 2008, just before the GFC tsunami hit Latin America, Colombia first made the unofficial ‘investment hot spot’ list. Fuelled by a Read more
India’s trailer market
Albeit part of the much talked-about BRIC ensemble, the Indian economy has gone from hero to zero since the last financial crisis struck Read more
New Zealand’s trailer market
According to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD), growth in the small Pacific nation of New Zealand Read more
China’s trailer market
After more than a decade of exponential expansion, China's economy has experienced somewhat of a slowdown in 2013 – putting the arm on Read more
Indonesia’s trailer market: The Waking Dragon
Indonesia’s economic performance over the past decade is impressive. Under the watch of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, growth has averaged 5.8 per cent Read more
Mining industry: Orderly retreat
For more than a decade, the mining industry has been somewhat of an economic poster child, forging ahead even when the rest of Read more