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TRANSPORT STATISTICS * USA - Truck Tonnage Rises 7.2% in May from a Year Ago
Monthly Drop Is First Since February
Arlington,VA,USA -Transport Topics -25 June 2010: -- Truck tonnage rose 7.2% in May from a year ago, the sixth straight year-over-year increase, American Trucking Associations said Friday... But tonnage dipped 0.6% in May from April, marking the first month-to-month decline since February, ATA said in its monthly seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index... The year-to-year gain followed a 9.5% rise in April that was the biggest increase in more than five years... The not seasonally adjusted index — the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment — was 108.3 in May, down 2.8% from April... ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said while tonnage will have its ups and downs, the trend continues in the right direction...* Truckload Index Shows Freight Demand Cooling: Morgan Stanley freight index down 10 percent since May
New York,NY,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jun 25, 2010: -- Truckload freight demand is slowing, according to the Morgan Stanley Truckload Freight Index... The index, which measures incremental truckload demand against incremental supply, was down 4.4 percent June 25 from its most recent peak on June 16 and 10.1 percent from its high this year on May 14... U.S. Truck shipping costs monthly year-over-year percent change numbers... The index is still up more than 400 percent from a year ago, but lower than it was in 2008, 2006, 2005 and 2004, according to Morgan Stanley... That indicates the pace of the recovery may be slowing, and underscores that even in recovery truckload demand is not as strong as it was before the recession... Morgan Stanley’s TFI Index tracks the American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index, which slipped 2.8 percent from April to May, without seasonal adjustment...
* USA - NAFTA Trade Jumped 32 Percent in April
Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Joseph Bonney -Jun 29, 2010: -- Third consecutive month of growth above 24 percent, but trade still below 2008... Truck, train and pipeline shipments between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico totaled $65.8 billion in April, a 32.4 percent increase from a year earlier, the Transportation Department reported... It was the third consecutive month with a year-over-year increase of at least 24 percent, but freight value in April still was 11.4 percent below its level in April 2008... U.S.–Canada surface transportation trade totaled $39.9 billion in April, up 32.1 percent compared to April 2009. U.S.-Mexico surface trade totaled $25.9 billion, a 32.8 percent year-over-year increase...Labels: transport statistics, trucking statistics
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