* USA - TransCore's N.A. Freight Index climbs 39% y-o-y in October
Portland,ORE,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Nov 14, 2011: -- TransCore's North American Freight Index climbed 39% in October compared the same month last year... It was the highest same-month volume since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that drove spot market demand to record levels in 2005, TransCore said... Compared to September, spot market freight volume slipped 3.7%, which TransCore says reflects normal seasonality...
* Canada - TransCore's Canadian Freight Index up 19% in October
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Truck News -Nov 23, 2011: -- TransCore's Canadian Freight Index surged 19% year-over-year in October. However, the index, which monitors freight movement on the spot market, saw its month-over-month numbers drop 5% to start the fourth quarter... October recorded the highest same-month freight volume since October 2005. While October levels were down from the previous month, volume exceeded nine of the 12 months of 2010 and was the seventh highest spot market freight volume this year... Equipment postings in October were down slightly, 2% behind September volume. Capacity was 8% below recorded levels for October 2010... The equipment-to-loads remained largely unchanged from September, according to the index...
* USA - Truck tonnage up slightly in October
Arlington,VA,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Nov 22, 2011: -- US truck tonnage rose 0.5% in October after rising a revised 1.5% in September, according to the most recent figures from the American Trucking Associations. September's increase was slightly less than the 1.6% gain the ATA previously reported... Compared with October 2010, seasonally-adjusted tonnage was up 5.7%. In September, the tonnage index was 5.8% above a year earlier. October's tonnage reading was just 4.4% below the index's all-time high in January 2005... Tonnage readings continue to show that economy is growing and not sliding back into recession, ATA chief economist Bob Costello added, that he expects freight and the economy to increase at a slower pace next year, but that truck tonnage can outpace GDP growth...Labels: trucking statistics
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