* Virginia - Weather, inventory weigh down truck tonnage
-- Factors such as winter weather and excessive inventory hurt January truck tonnage, which declined 1.4% from December and showed no change from the January 2015 level... American Trucking Associations advanced seasonally adjusted index of for-hire freight was 132.8 last month. ATA reported that the December index number was 134.7 after its annual statistical revision that reflects seasonal adjustment factors. That number matches a record high, which also was attained in November of last year... January’s tonnage reflects the ongoing deceleration in freight markets, which showed about 1.7% growth in the second half of last year after year-over-year growth that exceeded 4% in the first half of 2015... ATA also measures the not seasonally tonnage, based on freight actually hauled by for-hire fleets. That number was 127.1 in January, 5.2% below the December result. In January 2015, the not seasonally adjusted index was 126.9...
(Photo from Go By Truck Global News: Protect Freight in Harsh Weather) -- Arlington, VA, USA - Transport Topics - 23 Feb 2016Labels: tonnage indexs, trucking industry news USA
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