* USA - September Truck Tonnage Rises 5.1%. Month-to-Month Index Reading Improves 1.7%
Arlington,VA,USA -Transport Topics -27 Oct 2010: -- Truck tonnage rose 5.1% in September, the 10th straight year-over-year increase, American Trucking Associations said Tuesday... The upturn put the index at a reading of 108.7, with the year 2000 a baseline reading of 100, ATA said in its monthly seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index... Tonnage is up 6.1% for the year compared with the same period in 2009, the group reported... September tonnage improved 1.7% from August, turning around a previously reported 2.7% July-to-August decline that had been the biggest monthly drop in more than a year. ATA revised that decline to a 2.8% downturn... Costello said that this month, the trucking industry is significantly smaller than it was prior to the recession, but as a result is better equipped to deal with slower-than-normal tonnage growth... ATA calculates the tonnage each month based on reports by its member trucking companies...
* USA - September a good month for spot market freight: TransCore
Portland,ORE,USA -Truck News (CAN)-Oct 26, 2010: -- TransCore's North American Freight Index remained strong through September, posting the highest spot market truck freight availability since 2005... The index was up 65% compared to September 2009. TransCore predicts year-over-year increases will be progressively less dramatic in the coming months, since volumes began their improvement in the fourth quarter of 2009... On a month-over-month basis, September's load volume was up 4.9% over August. TransCore notes much of the incremental volume materialized late in the month as shippers rushed freight out the door before closing their third quarters... TransCore's North American index also showed a slight uptick in truckload freight rates on the sport market... (Image from transcorefreightsolutions: spot market index)
* Canada - Ground transportation rates continue to rise
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Truck News -Oct 29, 2010: -- Ground transportation freight rates in Canada posted a fourth consecutive month of increase in August, up 1.5% over July... That marks the fourth straight month of increases since the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) reached a low point in April... "Increases in overall freight costs for Canadian shippers continue to be driven by the domestic truckload sector," said Doug Payne, president of Nulogx. "While truckload is leading the way, we also now see a strengthening of the LTL and transborder rates" .. Labels: trucking statistics
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