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Apr 28, 2010

TRUCKING STATISTIC * USA & Canada

* USA - Truck Tonnage Jumps 7.5%

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -28 April 2010: -- U.S. truck tonnage jumped 7.5% in March from a year ago, the fourth straight year-over-year increase, American Trucking Associations said... The increase was the biggest since January 2005, and in the first quarter tonnage rose 4.9% from the same period last year, ATA said late Tuesday in its monthly seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index... The index rose 0.4% in March from February, following a revised 0.3% downturn in February from that had originally been reported as a 0.5% decline... The not seasonally adjusted index — the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment — equaled 116.4 in March, a 19.1% jump from February...


* Canada - Ground transportation rates increase slightly in February

Toronto,ONT,CAN -Truck News -Apr 29, 2010: -- The latest Canadian General Freight Index data continues to suggest that ground transportation rates have stabilized... February's results show a 1.6% increase in ground transportation rates for Canadian shippers, offsetting a similar decline in January, according to Nulogx, the company that created and maintains the index... Base rates, excluding fuel surcharges, increased 2.1% in February, the index indicates... (Photo: trucks at Canada's border)

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