* Virginia - ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index for January up 1.2%; gains 6.6% Y/Y
-- The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.2 percent in January, following a revised gain of 0.1 percent during the previous month... In January, the index equaled 135.7 (2000=100), an all-time high. Compared with January 2014, the seasonally adjusted index increased 6.6 percent, which was the largest year-over-year gain in more than a year... Trucking serves as a barometer of the U.S.A. economy, representing 69.1 percent of tonnage carried by all modes of domestic freight transportation, including manufactured and retail goods. Trucks hauled 9.7 billion tons of freight in 2013. Motor carriers collected $681.7 billion, or 81.2 percent of total revenue earned by all transport modes... ATA calculates the tonnage index based on surveys from its membership and has been doing so since the 1970s. This is a preliminary figure and subject to change in the final report issued around the 10th day of the month. The report includes month-to-month and year-over-year results, relevant economic comparisons and key financial indicators... (Photo: Trucks backed up in Canada, 17 miles north of USA border) - Arlington, VA, USA - Trucking News - February 25, 2015
* DC- BTS Freight numbers for December show trucking Growth at 6.3%
-- U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $95.8 billion in December 2014 as four out of the five transportation modes — truck, rail, air and pipeline — carrying more U.S.-NAFTA freight than in December 2013... Year-over-year, the value of U.S.-NAFTA freight flows by all modes increased by 5.4 percent, with December marking the 11th consecutive month of year-over-year increases, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)... In December 2014 compared to December 2013, the value of commodities moving by truck grew by 9.3 percent — the largest percentage of any mode... (Photo: Seen from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter, a line of cargo trucks crosses) - Washington, DC, USA - Trucking News -February 27, 2015 Labels: trucking industry news USA
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