The American Trucking Association’s For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased by 1.4% in January. This was following a rise of 1.2% in December, and increases, even the slight ones, are a good sign for the times. When compared to January 2020, when it was down 2.1% and the December before by…
According to the American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Tonnage Index, there was a decrease of 6.3% in October. September’s numbers went up 5.7% and were followed by a slump in October. The ATA’s Chief Economist is thinking this happened due to a seasonal issue instead of a pandemic one. Click the…
For the month of September, there was an increase in truck tonnage, says the ATA. According to the American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, there was an increase of 6.7% after a 5.3 fall in August. The trucking industry is going through some hills and valleys right now with…
The For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index put out by the American Trucking Associations decreased by 5.1% in July. In June, there was an 8.9% surge and now it has fallen possibly due to retails sales increasing but manufacturing and international trade falling behind. These figures are put together with numbers given…
According to American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, truck tonnage increased 8.7% in June. As more states lift restrictions, truck usage and tonnage were bound to increase. When compared to June 2019, the numbers were down 1.3%, but given the health crisis, it wasn’t that small…
According to the For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index put out by the American Trucking Associations, truck tonnage fell 1% in May. In April, this report showed a fall of 10.3% in truck tonnage but ATA’s Chief Economist is not too concerned about it. There are still many indicators out there that…