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ArticlesAugust 27, 2025

Driver Pay Trends: Fragile Gains in Face of Freight Market Uncertainty

As trucking staggers into the fourth year of the lingering trough, drivers’ mileage pay has been showing surprising slow-but-steady upward movement since late 2024, but pay gains remained restrained by market malaise.

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ATA Tonnage Index line graph
Newsby StaffAugust 21, 2025

Tonnage, Trucking Conditions Indexes Show Continued Stagnation

The murky outlook for a recovery in the freight market remains murky, according to industry indexes released this week.

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Articlesby Avery ViseJuly 9, 2025

Why Aren’t Local Delivery Jobs in Sync With Consumers’ Nonstore Spending?

Why have local delivery jobs stalled while nonstore retail keeps growing? This column from FTR's Avery Vise breaks down the surprising disconnect and what it reveals about e-commerce and labor trends.

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ATA truck tonnage, May 2025.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseJune 24, 2025

ATA: Truck Tonnage Dropped in May

ATA reports that truck tonnage decreased last month, following gain in April.

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Newsby Jack RobertsJune 24, 2025

Mideast Unrest Pushes U.S. Fuel Prices Upward

Gasoline and diesel fuel prices have risen 30 cents a gallon on average since Israel attacked Iran in early June.

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Kenny Veith, ACT Research
Articlesby Jack RobertsJune 17, 2025

Goodbye, 2027 Truck Prebuy

The much-anticipated 2027 Class 8 truck prebuy fizzled out before it ever got off the ground. HDT asked Kenny Vieth of ACT Research why.

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Intermodal containers stacked at the Port of Los Angeles
Newsby Deborah LockridgeJune 17, 2025

Port of Los Angeles: Tariffs Slowing Container Volume

May marked the lowest monthly cargo output in over two years at the Port of Los Angeles, thanks to trade policy uncertainty.

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ATA Truck Freight Index, April 2025.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMay 20, 2025

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Dipped in April

Truck freight tonnage decreased for the second month in a row so far this year.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeApril 4, 2025

Truck Orders Drop as Trade War, Policy Uncertainty Rattle Industry

Heavy-duty truck orders and production have been dropping, and Trump administration actions may suppress that even further.

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ATA February 2025 truck tonnage.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 18, 2025

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 3% in February

ATA said the February freight surge was fueled by January catch-up and accelerated imports.

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