Truck Tonnage Rebounds in May
Economic indicators that are important to trucking slowed in May, including retail sales, housing starts, and manufacturing output.
June 21, 2022
Economic indicators that are important to trucking slowed in May, including retail sales, housing starts, and manufacturing output.
June 21, 2022
After eight straight gains, for-hire truck tonnage decreased 2% in April.
May 24, 2022
For-hire contract freight tonnage remained solid in March, only limited by lack of capacity, both of drivers and equipment, at contract fleets, according to ATA.
April 19, 2022
Despite a string of gains, the ATA's tonnage index is still off 1.8% from pre-pandemic numbers.
March 23, 2022
Thanks to rising retail rates and factory output, American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.6% in January.
February 22, 2022
December's truck tonnage increase is reflective of a still growing goods-economy, explains ATA’s chief economist.
January 21, 2022
In November, strong factory output and housing starts helped push the index higher.
December 21, 2021
The combination of solid retail sales, inventory rebuilding, and generally higher factory output offset some areas of softer freight growth in October, according to ATA’s chief economist.
November 23, 2021
Truck tonnage rose in September because each truck is hauling more as carriers in the for-hire truckload market shrink from the lack of new trucks and drivers, according to the American Trucking Associations.
October 19, 2021
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased for first time since March.
September 24, 2021
Supply constraints, a driver shortage and lack of equipment contributed to a softness in truck tonnage over the last few month, American Trucking Associations officials said.
August 24, 2021
Truck tonnage has flattened out, according to the American Trucking Associations, which has seen its tonnage Index fall slightly for two months in a row.
July 20, 2021
While American Trucking Associations’ tonnage numbers decreased in April, the numbers remained well above the lows of 2020.
June 23, 2021
Truck tonnage fell in March for the second month in a row, but American Trucking Associations’ chief economist is still calling for a positive outlook.
April 20, 2021
The 4.5% drop in the American Trucking Associations' tonnage numbers was largely due to severe winter weather during February.
March 23, 2021
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