LONG BEACH, Calif.—Six truck mechanics sat around a table at Silva Truck & Auto Electric repair shop in Long Beach, California, enjoying their midday break while waiting for work orders that might never arrive.
Araseli Soto, an office worker at the company, said she had not seen such a slow period in business before.
In the past, work orders arrived steadily as corporate truckers and owner-operators needed her company’s services. Its strategic location directly across the street from the Rocket Long Beach truck stop gave it a distinct advantage.
Soto said the widespread slowdown in trucking activity, fueled by concerns over global tariffs, is more than just industry rumor….