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Jul 6, 2012

STATISTICS: TRUCKS & TRANSPORT & TRUCKING * USA

* Iowa - Truck Orders Fall 28% in June

Iowa City,IOW,USA -Transport Topics -6 July 2012: -- North American heavy truck orders fell 28% in June to 16,500, the sixth consecutive year-over-year decline, reflecting a seasonal slowdown and continued caution by potential buyers, ACT Research reported... Orders also fell on a month-to-month basis, slipping from 18,000 in May... Orders for Classes 5-7 equipment dropped to 12,900 vehicles from 14,600 units...

* Iowa - Class 8 Truck Orders Stall in ‘Soft Patch’ 

 Iowa City,IOW,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jul 5, 2012: -- Lack of confidence, high financing costs take toll on truck orders, ACT Research says... Heavy duty truck orders were soft in June, as motor carriers concerned by rising truck prices, tight financing and a slowing economy kept their wallets shut... Preliminary estimates for Class 8 heavy truck net orders approach 16,500 units for June, according to ACT Research, falling from about 18,000 net orders in May... Class 8 tractor orders hit a “soft patch” this spring that is likely to last into the summer, typically a slow season for truck purchasing, ACT Research said... 


* Missouri - Cass freight indexes mixed in June

St. Louis,MISS,USA -TruckGauge -July 5, 2012: -- Freight volume across all modes in June was up 1.3% from May but down 1.3% from June 2011, according to the Cass Freight Shipments Index. Meanwhile, freight expenditures dipped 0.1% from May but were up 0.9% from June 2012... “The trend in North American freight volumes continues to follow the path of general malaise that the economy is experiencing,” Cass Information Systems said in its monthly report. “The economy has been flat for several months and is even beginning to trend downward in terms of new orders and manufacturing output. This slowdown on manufactured goods is putting downward pressure on freight” ... The Cass Freight Index measures trends in North American shipping activity based on $20 billion in paid freight expenses for more than 350 of America’s largest shippers...


* DC - Intermodal Traffic Sets June Record 

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Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -6 July 2012: -- U.S. intermodal traffic rose 5.2% in June from a year ago and was the highest weekly average for the month of June on record, the Association of American Railroads said... Volume rose to 996,022 units, and June’s average weekly volume of 249,006 units was the third highest for any month on record, trailing only August and October of 2006, the rail trade group said... Intermodal activity for the week ended June 30 rose 7%, led by 9.2% jump in container traffic to 222,410 units, offsetting a 6.8% drop in trailer traffic to 31,087 units...


* DC - Unemployment Rate Holds at 8.2%, Trucking Gains 2,000 Jobs 

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -6 July 2012: -- The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.2% in June trucking improved by 2,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday... The transportation sector, of which trucking is a subset, added 25,300 jobs, according to the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics... Employers added 69,000 jobs to non-farm payrolls, following a revised 77,000 in May that was revised upward. Private-sector employment rose by 84,000 jobs, the weakest in 10 months... Economists had forecast a 100,000 gain in non-farm jobs, Bloomberg reported... Manufacturing employment rose by 11,000, more than the 7,000 increase forecast. Construction employment rose by 2,000 jobs... The payroll and unemployment figures are obtained by separate surveys, with payrolls from a survey of employers and the unemployment rate from a survey of households...

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