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Oct 11, 2016

NEW TRUCK SALES * USA - Orders sank in September

* Indiana - Faced with a weak freight market, trucking companies aim to reduce capacity
--- Orders for new big-rig trucks fell 27% in September compared with a year earlier, to the lowest level for that month since 2009, as the freight market struggled to reduce capacity amid tepid shipping demand... Trucking companies ordered 13,800 of the largest type of commercial tractor-trailers in September, according to data provider FTR Transportation Intelligence... “It remains crystal clear that truckers are still struggling to balance excess freight hauling capacity in the context of anemic freight growth,” said Steve Tam, vice president at ACT Research, which reported similar figures... Stifel Financial Corp. analyst Michael Baudendistel wrote September is typically the weakest month for new truck orders, and said he expects sales to pick up in October. The company expects manufacturers to produce 230,000 of the heavy-duty vehicles in 2016, a decline of 29% from the previous year, and 200,000 units in 2017. The bank expects production to pick up slightly in 2018...
(PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS - U.S. fleet operators last month cut purchases of new big-rigs amid tepid demand for their services) -- Bloomington, IND, USA - The WSJ, by ROBBIE WHELAN - Oct. 5, 2016

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Oct 13, 2015

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA: GM sold 124,000 more pickup trucks

* Michigan - More than Ford in the first three quarters of 2015

-- Not since 2009 has General Motors ended a calendar year with more total pickup truck sales than Ford. Moreover, not since 2009 have General Motors’ full-size pickup trucks, combined, outsold the Ford F-Series... By the end of the third quarter, GM reported a 14 percent year-to-date increase in full-size truck sales in a full-size truck category that’s up just 6 percent. In addition, GM also sold nearly 86,000 Chevrolet Colorados and GMC Canyons, a small figure by full-size standards, but equal to 32 percent market share in a small/midsize category that grew 47 percent so far this year... Throw the Chevrolet and GMC foursome together, add 10 leftover Avalanche and Escalade EXT sales into the mix, and General Motors sold 688,225 pickup trucks in the U.S. during the first nine months of 2015. That represents a 30 percent year-over-year volume increase, an increase in pickup truck market share from 31 percent in 2014’s first three-quarters to 37 percent this year, and 123,774 more total pickup truck sales than Ford managed in the same time period... 
(Photo: The GMC Canyon 2016) -- Detroit, MICH, USA - The Thruth About Cars, by Timothy Cain - October 12, 2015

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May 11, 2015

TRUCKS SALES * USA: Ryder's purchase

* Florida - Ryder adds 1,000-plus new automatic transmission trucks
-- Ryder System, Inc. is deploying more than 1,000 new automatic transmission trucks that will expand and refresh its North American rental fleet. The automated transmission technology gives customers the performance they need, while optimizing fuel economy... The easy-to-operate transmissions also improve the experience for drivers, by providing smoother gear shifts, advanced safety features, and a variety of driving modes to accommodate different terrains and applications... Ryder Commercial Rental provides customers with rental trucks on a short-term basis to meet their needs for supplemental capacity... 
(Photo: Ryder Adds 1,000-plus New Automatic Transmission Trucks)  --  Miami, FL, USA - Trucking News - May 11, 2015

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Nov 4, 2014

BEST SELLING PICKUP TRUCKS * USA & Canada: October 2014

Chicago,ILL,USA -PickUp Trucks, by Mark Williams -November 3, 2014: -- To put it simply, October sales were quite strong, but that's not unusual given that, historically, pickup sales finish strong the last four months of the year. Add to that the fact that average fuel prices are down (below $3 per gallon in some parts of the country), pent-up demand is beginning to relax, certain sectors of the economy are showing growth, and there is a significant amount of incentive money available for new half-ton and heavy-duty pickups, and you have a recipe for strong truck sales. Some analysts are predicting year-end sales totals to be almost a million units stronger than last year, hovering around the 16.5 million units mark...


* Canada - Auto makers see ‘stunning’ October sales 

Toronto,ONT,CAN -The Globe and Mail, by GREG KEENAN -Nov. 03 2014: -- Auto sales steamed ahead in Canada last month amid signs that falling gas prices are fuelling shifts in the vehicles consumers are buying... Auto makers delivered 154,949 new vehicles to customers in Canada last month – a 7 per cent increase that represented the best October on record and the sixth-straight record monthly tally... The seasonally adjusted annual rate topped two million in Canada for the second straight month, “in a word, stunning,” industry analyst Dennis DesRosiers, president of DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc., said in a note to clients...

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Oct 30, 2014

TRUCKS SALES PROSPECT * USA

* Texas - New drayage trucks at half the price 
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Houston,TXS,USA -EDF Org, by Christina Wolfe -Oct 27, 2014: -- Calling all heavy-duty truck owners who work at the Port of Houston! Cold, hard cash is available for the purchase of new trucks that are more fuel-efficient and cleaner-burning, providing up to 80 percent of the cost of a new truck... The Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) will be hosting a Drayage Truck Event at the Port of Houston on Saturday, November 1, from 10:00am to 1:30pm, to share information about available grants and loans in order to help owners replace older, dirtier vehicles with new, cleaner ones (see how others have taken advantage of these opportunities in the past)... Why is funding like this available to help someone pay for a new truck? By replacing an older truck with a new one, we all benefit from improved air quality...

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Oct 26, 2014

TRUCKS SALES * USA / Canada: Ryders's

* Quebec / Canada - Ryder to lease 100 Nat-Gas trucks to Montreal-based C.A.T.


(Photo Ryder CNG Natural gas trucks) 
Coteau-du-Lac,QBC,CAN -Transport Topics -24 Oct 2014: -- Quebec-based Canadian American Transportation Inc. signed a lease agreement with Ryder System Inc. for 100 compressed natural gas sleeper tractors in what Ryder said was its largest natural-gas deal to date in North America... C.A.T., a truckload carrier in Coteau-du-Lac, becomes Ryder’s first natural-gas lease customer in Canada and its largest single natural-gas vehicle customer to date... C.A.T., whose 325-truck delivery fleet travels from Montreal to Laredo, Texas, has shipped between the United States and Canada since 1978. It provides transportation services to the automotive, food, beverage, consumer packaged goods and electronics industries...

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Oct 6, 2014

TRUCK MARKETS * USA: Abnormally strong orders

* North Caroline - Orders continue strong for Class 8 trucks

Winston-Salem,NC,USA -JOC, by Corianne Egan -Oct 04, 2014: -- This year is showing “abnormally strong” growth in Class 8 truck orders, BB and T Capital Market says... September Class 8 truck orders totaled 24,900 units, exceeding analyst expectations, which ranged from 20,000 to 23,000. The higher-than-average numbers are a good sign for orders heading into the busy season, which typically takes place from October through December. October is typically 20 percent higher than September, BB and T said... Final September data should be available by Oct. 15. The preliminary Class 8 orders in September were 32 percent higher than September 2013. Most years, May through September are slow months for the industry... Assuming normal seasonality, BB and T said it believes ACT Research's preliminary forecasts — which show October orders in the range of 25,000 to 28,000, November orders from 26,000 to 29,000, and up to 32,000 orders in December — to be fairly accurate... ACT Research also has forecast 2015 growth to outperform 2014, with orders topping 312,000 for the year. Those numbers may have to be adjusted, however, as 2014 total orders are booking at a 332,409 annualized rate...

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Oct 2, 2014

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA: PICKUP TRUCK SALES

* Michigan - Trucks drive September auto sales

(Photo from GM, General Motors: Chevrolet Silverado truc at car dealership) 
Detroit,MICH,USA -FOXBusiness/REUTERS, by Matthew Rocco -October 01, 2014: -- Pickup trucks drove auto sales in September, and the industry signaled that consumer demand remained upbeat after a torrid August... Auto sales have been a bright spot for the U.S. economy this year. In August, the industry booked a seasonally adjusted annual rate of more than 17 million units for the first time in eight years... Industry-wide sales in September reversed 21% versus the prior month but jumped 9.4% compared to September 2013, Autodata said. The SAAR hit 16.43 million units, well above last year’s 15.42 million... Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds.com expected another positive month in September, which had one extra selling day compared to the same month last year. The firms expected nearly every major automaker, with the exception of Ford Motor Co., to report significant sales gains... According to TrueCar (TRUE), incentive spending across the industry grew 13%. September was “truck month” for Chrysler Group and General Motors (GM), both of which are looking to take advantage of Ford’s transition to a new F-150...

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Aug 15, 2014

GREEN TRUCK SALES * USA

* Kentucky - Lexington acquiring garbage trucks and buses that run on compressed natural gas

(Photo by Stacey: Mayor Jim Gray: New energy-saving garbage trucks -equipped to run on compressed natural gas) 
Lexington,KEN,USA -The Herald Leader, by Karla Ward -August 12, 2014: -- Compressed natural gas is touted as greener and cheaper than diesel fuel, and it's coming to Lexington in new garbage trucks, buses and fueling stations... The city on Tuesday unveiled 11 garbage trucks that run on the fuel, and it has committed to replacing its entire fleet with garbage trucks that run on compressed natural gas over time... The trucks cost $353,000 each — about the same as a diesel truck — and are being bought as part of the city's normal replacement schedule... Two others are scheduled to arrive in December, and the city has budgeted $2.9 million to buy 10 to 12 more trucks over the next year...

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Oct 18, 2013

TRUCK SALES SEPTEMBER * USA

* Michigan - WardsAuto: September sees truck sales soar

(Photo: A Peterbilt Truck) 
Birmingham,MICH,USA -Fleet Owner -Oct. 15, 2013: -- U.S. sales of medium- and heavy-duty trucks climbed 17.3% last month, scoring the best September since 2006, per a news story posted on posted on WardsAuto.com... Class 4 through 8 sales combined experienced gains over like-2012, pointed out reporter Paul Zajac , with every manufacturer recording year-over-year sales increases... The report also related that: 
*  Class 7 sales for the month totaled 3,638 units, 12.5% above year-ago results 
*  Class 6 sales overall were up 27% over September 2012 
*  Class 5 deliveries ticked up a “modest”1.9% 
*  Class 4’s 31.2% gain was the month’s best-performing segment

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Sep 7, 2013

AUGUST TRUCKS SALES * USA

* Indiana - Class 8 orders rise 20% in August, ACT says 

(Photo: Buying a truck for the commercial truck buyer is a process and not an on-the-spot decision)
Columbus,IND,USA -Transport Topics -5 Sept 2013: -- Orders for Class 8 trucks increased 20% in August from a year prior and were at their highest level in three months, ACT Research said Sept. 5... ACT’s preliminary report said 19,500 Class 8 orders were placed in August. The seasonally adjusted order figure was 22,000 units, making it the third-best month in 20 months... There were 18,000 orders for Class 5 to 7 medium-duty trucks, the highest number since February 2008, ACT said...

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May 24, 2013

TRUCK SALES: Class 8 orders hit * USA

* Indiana - Class 8 orders hit second-highest volume in 16 months: ACT Research 

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Columbus,IND,USA -Truck News -May 22, 2013: -- Class 8 orders remained above 20,000 units for a seventh consecutive month in April, rising to their second highest volume in sixteen months, according to the latest figures form ACT Research. April Class 8 net orders totalled just over 23,200 units. Medium-duty net orders totalled 16,740 units, the best order volume in six months and the second best in the past 26 month... “Class 8 orders year-to-date bound for the US, Canada, and Mexico all continue to trend above year ago levels. Demand from Mexico is particularly strong,” said Kenny Vieth, ACT’s president and senior analyst. “Class 8 cancellations remained in record low territory in April, which is a positive indicator for stronger demand. As has been the case this cycle, backlogs for the medium duty market remain thin relative to build. Per-day build hit its second highest level in a year in April” ...

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Mar 21, 2013

TRUCKS SALES * USA

* Colorado - Dish Network to deploy 200 propane autogas vans 

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Meridian, Colorado, USA -Fleet Owner -Mar. 19, 2013: -- Satellite TV provider Dish Network will put into service 200 Roush CleanTech propane autogas powered Ford E-250 vans this year. Dish estimates a 12.5 million pounds reduction in carbon dioxide emissions over the lifetime of the fleet’s operation compared to gas-powered vehicles... The vehicles will support residential and commercial customer service in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco... Said Erik Carlson, executive vice president of service and installation at Dish, “Dish expects to save about $2,500 per vehicle in annual lifecycle costs due to 55% reduction in fuel costs and the cleaner burning properties of propane autogas” ...

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Feb 28, 2013

TRUCK SALES * USA

* Indiana - Monarch Beverage ordering more Kenworth T440 CNG models

Indianapolis,IND,USA -Fleet Owner -Feb. 26, 2013: -- Just eight months after deploying 27 Kenworth T440 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, Monarch Beverage is committing further to the fuel. The Indianapolis-based beer and wine distributor has announced it will convert 85% of its trucks to CNG power by 2015... Fred Dufour, senior vice president of Monarch, said, the company’s fleet consumes nearly 1 million gals. of diesel per year. He said Monarch expects to cut its fuel costs by 60% once the conversion is complete...

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Aug 6, 2012

TRUCKS SALES * USA & Canada

* Class 8 net orders below trend in July, Class 5-7 bounce back

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Nashville and Columbus,IND,USA -Truck News (CAN) -3 Aug 2012: -- FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing July Class 8 truck net orders at 12,568 units, the lowest month for orders since August 2010 and 32% below the same month last year... Preliminary order numbers are for all major North American OEMs. July orders came in 23% below weak June activity and continue reflecting soft demand for Class 8 vehicles, FTR officials said. For the three-month period including July, orders now annualize to 186,300 units... ACT Research has also reported that Class 8 commercial vehicle preliminary net orders for July were below trend, while Classes 5-7 net orders bounced back above the long run order trend. The final numbers, which will be released by ACT in mid-August, will approach 12,900 units for heavy-duty Class 8 trucks and 14,800 for medium duty Classes 5-7 vehicles. The preliminary net order numbers are typically accurate to within 5% of actual...

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Aug 3, 2012

TRUCK SALES * USA

* Indiana - ACT: Used truck sales up in June 

Columbus,IND,USA -Truck News (CAN)- Jul 31, 2012: -- US used truck sales grew 8% in June over May, but lagged June 2011 and the first six months of 2011, while pricing appears to be slowing a little more rapidly than was previously expected, according to the latest report from ACT Research...

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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 

(Photo by Tom Biery/Trans Pixs)
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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Jun 20, 2012

TRUCKS SALES * USA

* Virginia - Prices on used Class 8 sleeper tractors continue to rise 

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McLean,VA,USA -Land Line Magazine -19 June 2012: -- Retail pricing for Class 8 sleeper tractors continued to increase from January through April, despite average mileage near-record highs, says Chris Visser, senior analyst with the American Truck Dealers’ Commercial Truck Guide. ATD is a division of the National Automobile Dealers Association... The findings were released June 14 as part of the June 2012 edition of “Guidelines,” a monthly report that analyzes retail and wholesale pricing trends in the automotive and trucking industries... The ATD/NADA Commercial Truck Guide section of the report shows that retail prices in the sleeper tractor market were off the peak set in September 2011 by a modest 1.5 percent, with mileage 2.4 percent higher. After declining from October 2011 through February 2012, average pricing on sleeper tractors headed upward in March 2012, according to the ATD/NADA guide...

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Jun 15, 2012

TRUCKS SALES * USA

* Michigan - Heavy-Duty Truck Sales Rise 36% in May 

 (Photo: Freightliner classic xl-wide)  
Detroit,MICH,USA -Transport Topics -13 June 2012: -- Heavy-duty U.S. truck sales climbed 36% in May to 18,012 from the same month of last year, continuing a stretch of 29 consecutive gains... Information from WardsAuto.com, which reported the latest sales on Wednesday, showed increases for all seven nameplates, compared with Class 8 sales that totaled 13,290 last May... Daimler Trucks North America’s Freightliner brand topped the list with 5,529 sold. Paccar Inc.’s, Kenworth and Peterbilt Class 8 tractor sales totaled 5,290, about equally divided between the brands... Navistar sales totaled 3,337. Volvo Group reached a total of 3,642 that included 1,524 Mack models...


* Indiana - Time to cut Class 8 production

Bloomington,IN,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jun. 15, 2012: -- Class 8 production levels are now running way ahead of market demand, according to new analysis by FTR Associates, thus OEMs need to start throttling their factories back or run the risk of creating too much inventory... Right now, Jonathan Starks, FTR’s director if transportation analysis, noted that there’s a 13% variance the number of Class 8 units OEMs plan to build in the third quarter this year versus what FTR predicts will actually be purchased – meaning OEM Class 8 production levels are 10,000 units higher than they should be, he warned... That “variance” will only grow larger by year’s end, as FTR now projects market demand will only sustain annual Class 8 production volume of 263,000 units in 2012, dropping to 236,000 units in 2013...


* NY - Truck sales score smallest gain of year 

New York,NY,USA -Fleet Owner -Jun. 14, 2012: -- Through May, U.S. medium- and heavy-duty deliveries are up 29.1% compared to a year ago... Sales of new medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. were up 16.7% in May— marking the smallest sales bump of the year when compared with like-2011 numbers, according to a news story posted on WardsAuto.com...  While the May numbers “paled in comparison” with April’s 38.9% sales jump, WardsAuto noted that through May, medium- and heavy-duty truck deliveries were up 29.1% to 143,393 units, when compared with the prior-year’ figure of 111,061...

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Jun 7, 2012

TRUCK SALES * USA

* Indiana - New truck orders remain soft through May 

Columbus,IND,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Jun 5, 2012: -- Commercial vehicle net orders remained soft in May, as truck fleets continue to show a reluctance to take on sizeable loans, according to the latest analysis from ACT Research... Preliminary Class 8 orders were up from April but Classes 5 and 6-7 orders were down from the previous month... The final numbers are expected to total 18,000 Class 8 units and 13,100 Classes 5-7 vehicles, ACT announced...

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