While everyone was somehow affected by Covid 19, the transportation industry was hit in all sectors including expedite, rail, air, and vans. A once upon a time trillion dollar industry in the United States, Covid 19 has declined the transportation sector to roughly 770 billion dollars. The decline is mostly due to economic slowdown and inability to keep the people safe from the virus.

We knew the hardest hit months were April and May because the drivers that we are in contact with have all complained that they were barely doing 3 loads a week. We were all affected small companies and big companies like Synder, JB Hunt, YRC worldwide. As things start to bounce back and recover drivers are still worried about going over the road.

The fear is real and as far as we know most major truck stops have not implement large scale cleaning operations. Everything still looks and feels the same at the majority of truck stops we toured. We do hope that as business start to open up and companies are implementing new measures to be safe, that the transportation industry will start up again.

This transition should trickle down from semi-tracks to air, rail, and even expedited cargo markets. We are sure that the US market will bounce back but we are predicting that the Asia-Pacific market will bounce back the highest helped my China and India.