Freight performance was a bit of a mixed bag in 2013 according to Cass Freight Index, with expenditures up 1% and shipments down 3.2%. The research group characterized the year’s North American freight as “mediocre,” a period in which “inventories remained high <and> manufacturing stalled.” All of this contributed to “another bumpy year in the […]
Spot market freight availability remained strong in November, according to the DAT North American Freight Index. For the fifth consecutive month, freight availability continued to outpace levels seen in recent years, during a time when volume typically declines. Month over month, freight availability declined 9.5 percent, the result of 4 fewer business days in November […]
Recently released data from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics underscored that trucking is the dominant mode for moving freight in the United States. “The Commodity Flow Survey showed once again that trucks move the vast, vast majority of freight in the United States,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. Costello highlighted […]
