Canadian Freight Volumes Pick up Marginally, Year Looks Strong

TransCore Link Logistics Canadian freight volumes rose two percent from April to May. Even with this modest monthly increase, year-over-year volumes continue their impressive rise, increasing 31 percent over May 2013.

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index measures trends from roughly 5,000 of Canada’s trucking companies.  Highlights include:

• Cross-border postings accounted for 69 percent of total load volumes.
• Cross-border loads originating in Canada destined to the United States climbed a significant 70 percent year-over-year.
• Cross-border loads originating in the United States destined for provinces within Canada increased 10 percent year-over-year.
• The top five states of origin for loads destined to Canada ordered from highest to lowest total loads were Ohio, Texas, California, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

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