American Trucking Associations‘ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.1% in February, following a 2.9% increase during January. In February, the index equaled 138.7 (2000=100), down from 138.9 in January. The all-time high was 142.7 in February 2016. Compared with February 2016, the SA index decreased 2.8%. In January, the index rose 2.6% on […]
American Trucking Associations‘ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 2.9% in January, following a 4.3% decrease during December. In January, the index equaled 138.8 (2000=100), up from 134.9 in December. The all-time high was 142.7 in February 2016. Compared with January 2016, the SA index increased 2.6%. In December, the index fell 0.2% on […]
American Trucking Associations‘ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 6.2% in December, following a revised 8.4% jump during November. Compared with December 2015, the SA index decreased 0.7%. In November, the index increased 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. For all of 2016, tonnage was up 2.5%. The not seasonally adjusted index, which […]
American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear has been named a member of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s transportation automation advisory committee. Noted Spear: “Trucking is vital to the U.S. economy and an important part of our transportation system, so it is imperative that trucking and this association have a seat at the table when it […]
Good news in the large fleet field — the turnover rate at truckload fleets with more than $30 million in annual revenue dropped two points to 81%, the third decline in 2016, in the third quarter – the lowest point since the second quarter of 2011. “Ongoing softness in the freight economy has contributed to […]
If you’re in the truck lobbying business, Christmas came early. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has praised the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for issuing a skills-based entry-level driver training rule. At the same time, the ATA is thanking Congress for including what it says “should be a permanent fix to the hours-of-service (HOS) […]
