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Jun 29, 2017

TRUCKS ACCIDENTS * France: Stable for 2016

* Paris - Road safety: rising mortality among commercial vehicle users

--- Mortality of truck drivers is stable for 2016. On the other hand, it is rising sharply for the users of commercial vehicles, reveal the figures of the National Interministerial Observatory of road safety... The figures for road accidentality increase for the third consecutive year. The final report 2016 of the National Inter-ministerial Road Safety Observatory (ONISR) reports 3 477 deaths in an accident in metropolitan France. Even though 16 more people lost their lives compared to 2015, the figure remains broadly stable. The number of casualties recorded a slight increase of 2.6%, with 72,645 victims in 57,522 bodily injuries... Among the accident factors, excessive speed is still the leading cause, followed by alcohol, incriminated in 23% of cases in the 35-49 age group. Consumption of narcotic drugs mainly affects the 25-34 age group... 
Paris, France - ACTU Logistique/Transport - 29 June 2017

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Sep 21, 2016

TRUCKING INDEXS USA: * UP: ATA's TTI - ** DOWN: ICI and CTLI

* Virginia - ATA’s Truck Tonnage Index Increases 5.7% in August

--- The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 5.7 percent in August, following a 2.1 percent decline during July. In August, the index equaled 141.8 (2000=100), up from 134.2 in July. The all-time high was 144 in February...  Compared with August 2015, the seasonally adjusted index rose 5.9 percent — the largest year-over-year gain since May, which was also 5.9 percent. In July, the year-over-year increase was 0.2 percent. Year-to-date, compared with the same period in 2015, tonnage was up 3.5 percent... The not-seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by the fleets before any seasonal adjustment, equaled 144.7 in August, which was 4.8 percent above the previous month (138.1)... 
Arlington, VA, USA - Trucking News - September 21, 2016 


  ** Indiana - FTR’s Intermodal Competitive Index: Drops sharply in July
--- Analysts at FTR say the newly introduced Intermodal Competitive Index (ICI) fell more than three points from June to a reading of 0.6 for July. That’s a large drop that brought the ICI close to negative territory... Intermodal volume was unexpectedly weak across the board in July. Intermodal ISO container movements are trailing behind import trends. Domestic intermodal was also quite anemic. Lower diesel prices were another factor that contributed to the decline... 
Bloomington, IND, USA - Trucking News - September 19, 2016


** Missouri - Truckload Linehaul, intermodal rates continue tumbling

--- Measures of both truckload and intermodal rates posted another rounds of declines, according to new figures released by freight payment processor Cass Information Systems... The Cass Truckload Linehaul Index fell another 2.8% year-over-year in August following decreases of 1.8% and 1.6% in June and July, respectively. This represents six consecutive months of year-over year-declines in truckload linehaul costs... The reading of 121.5 is also down 0.9% in August from July but is up slightly from June, when it hit a reading of 121.2, it lowest level so far in 2016... 
St. Louis, MO, USA - TruckingInfo, by Evan Lockridge - September 19, 2016

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Jun 26, 2016

NAFTA freight * USA: 16th straight decrease

* DC - U.S.A. / NAFTA: Freight down from previous month

--- Trucks carried more U.S. freight by value with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico in April 2016 compared to April 2015 but declines in all other freight modes led to a 3.2 percent decrease, to $90.4 billion, in total cross-border freight. April was the 16th consecutive month that the value of U.S.-NAFTA Freight declined from the same month of the previous year, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)... The value of commodities moving by truck increased 0.8 percent as the value of incoming freight from Mexico and Canada exceeded the 3.6 percent decrease in shipments from the U.S.A... Trucks carried 66.8 percent of U.S.-NAFTA freight...
(Photo: Truck traffic backs up south of the Ambassador Bridge approach Tuesday in Windsor, Ont.)  --  Washington, DC, USA - The Trucker News Services - 23 June 2016

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May 27, 2016

TRUCKING INDUSTRY USA: "Pocket Guide 2016"

*  DC -  Six stats that reveal the state of the trucking industry


- With more large trucks on U.S. roads, traveling more miles and transporting more, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is working to measure the size of the industry... Last week, the agency issued its 2016 Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics, which provides a snapshot on the state of the trucking and transport industries. The FMSCA believe the data can be used to devise policies that might help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses... Here are the highlights: 

  * Registered Large Trucks: Increased 3 percent in 2014 to nearly 11 million from the previous year.

  * Millions of vehicle miles traveled: Large trucks (single-unit and tractor-trailers) traveled nearly 279,131 million miles in 2014 compared to 275,018 a year earlier. 

  * Commercial drivers operating in the U.S. in 2015: Half of all commercial truck drivers were interstate drivers, and 15 percent were intrastate CDL drivers. 

  * Weight of freight shipped in U.S. by mode (millions of tons): Trucks continue to be the main mode of transportation for freight in the U.S., responsible for moving 14,547 million tons worth of cargo in 2013 — equivalent to 73 percent of all cargo weight moved that year. 

  * Most frequent driver violations in roadside inspections: Truckers who failed to log, update, or provide accurate information regarding their record of duty status led to 326,818 driver violations during 2015 roadside inspections. There were also 136,585 hours-of-service violations, where drivers violated their time limits. 

  * Crashes: Of the 6 million vehicle crashes that occurred in the U.S. in 2014, 476,000 involved large trucks and buses — a 22% increase from the previous year. However, the number of fatal crashes involving larger trucks and buses decreased almost 5 percent to 3,649 in 2014. The estimated cost of large truck and bus crashes, including death, injury and property damage, in 2014 rose about 7% to $112 billion... 
 (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images - Large semi trucks drive in a line on highway 40 outside of Nashville, Tennessee on December 2, 2015) -- Washington, DC, USA - Forbes, by Carina Ockedahl - MAY 23, 2016

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Mar 25, 2016

TRUCKING DEMAND * USA - Soared in February

* Virginia - Truck tonnage surged to a record high last month in an American Trucking Associations index

-- February was a good month for the trucking business, as tonnage rose to an all-time high and rates for truckload shipments ticked up slightly from a year ago. The American Trucking Associations’ seasonally-adjusted truck tonnage index rose 7.2% in February from a month earlier. At 144, the index was up 8.6% from February of 2015, and it dwarfed the previous all-time high of 134.7, notched in December. ATA’s chief economist attributed February’s strong volumes to shippers playing “catch-up” after winter storms in January held up some shipments. The ATA’s, Bob Costello, cautioned against reading too much into the steep rise. “If March is strong, then I’ll get more excited,” Mr. Costello said in a statement...
(Photo: Less-than-truckload carriers like Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. have reported stronger demand recently)  --  Arlington, VA, USA - AP/The WSJournal, by ERICA E. PHILLIPS - March 22, 2016

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Jan 30, 2016

TRUCKS CARRYING 66.2% of NAFTA TRADE * USA

* DC - All freight modes down; trucks still most popular carrier

-- The value of U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $88.2 billion in November 2015 as all modes of transportation carried a lower total value of freight than a year earlier, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)... Trucks carried 66.2 percent of U.S.-NAFTA freight and continue to be the most heavily utilized mode for moving goods to and from both U.S.-NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico. Trucks accounted for $30.0 billion of the $46.8 billion of imports (64.1 percent) and $28.3 billion of the $41.3 billion of exports (68.5 percent)... 
(Photo: Trucks continue to lead trade parade with NAFTA partners) Washington, DC, USA - The Trucker News Services - 28 Jan 2016

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Oct 21, 2015

TRANSPORTATION NETWORK * USA: 17.0 billion tons of goods for $17.9 trillion were moved on

* DC - Report: Dollar value of goods moved on freight network ‘greater than ever before’ 
-- In a new report, the Department of Transportation says the dollar value of goods moved on the nation’s freight network is greater than ever before... Trucks remain the most commonly used mode to move freight, transporting 64 percent of the weight and 71 percent of the value in 2012 — compared to 65 percent of the value in 2007... DOT’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the first product from the newest version of the “Freight Analysis Framework” which they say is the most comprehensive publicly available data set of freight movement... The new data show an increase in the dollar value of goods moved on the transportation network... The newly baselined Freight Analysis Framework estimates show that in 2012, nearly 17.0 billion tons of goods worth about $17.9 trillion were moved on the transportation network, which equates to 47 million tons of goods valued at more than $49 billion a day moved throughout the country on all transportation modes compared with $45 billion per day in 2007... 
(Photo: Our economy can't grow if shipper can't goods to and from ports)   --  Washington, DC, USA - The Trucker News - 20 Oct 2015

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Aug 17, 2015

TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA: * The Trucking Conditions Index

* Indiana - Trucking Conditions Index jumps 56%
-- The Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for June jumped 56% from May, according to the latest data released by FTR. At 7.66, the TCI is at its highest level of the year... According to FTR, slower freight growth in the second quarter occurred, but rates are growing and margins remain good. FTR said it expects regulatory conditions and a continued economic recovery to fuel an accelerating index during 2016... Freight growth should show an overall gain this year, the sixth straight year of annual gains, FTR said. Fuel costs have dropped, but rising labor costs are continuing to pressure rates...
Bloomington, IND, USA - Fleet Owner - Aug 13, 2015 

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Dec 12, 2014

TRUCKING MARKET * USA: Freight Transportation Services Index

* DC - BTS releases October 2014 TSI

Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker News Services -10 Dec 2014: -- The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.3 percent in October from September, rising for the fourth consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)... The growth in October was led by trucking, rail and waterborne. During the month, several other indicators of related parts of the economy that often impact transportation increased. Employment and retail sales both increased, as did manufacturing output, though total industrial production declined slightly. Inventories increased to reach an historic high... The October 2014 level reached its all-time high... Freight shipments measured by the index were up 2.2 percent in October compared to the end of 2013...

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May 8, 2013

More than 83 percent of all transportation made by trucks * USA

* Miami - Car Infographics: The American Trucking Industry by the numbers 

Miami,FL,USA -Top Speed, by Simona -6 May 2013: -- In most of the countries, the trucking sector dominates the commercial transportation industry, and the U.S., of course, is no exception, as previous studies reveal that more that 83 percent of all transportation is made by trucks. They deliver everything from food to clothes and bicycles to motor vehicles... In the U.S. alone, there are a total of 3 million registered class-8 trucks (18 wheelers), meaning a total of 54 million individual truck tires are required by all of them. These trucks travel about 11,609 miles a second, meaning that each year the 3 million trucks go around the Earth about 14.7 million times. That’s a whole lot of hauling!.. On average, a class-8 truck needs 9.3 gallons of fuel per hour, while driving at speeds of 65 mph. By doing a little math you will see that the trucking industry requires 52,300 million gallons of fuel per year... While it requires lots of resources, the trucking industry is paying a total of $35 billion just in Federal, State and Highway use taxes alone. Needless to say, just these statistics show just how necessary the trucking industry is...


* Tennessee - Chances of a capacity shortfall increasing

Chattanooga,TN,USA -Fleet Owner -May 6, 2013: -- With tonnage growth subdued and rates flat, much of the TL segment seems to be in a “holding pattern” in terms of adding more capacity – a move that might create a trucking capacity crunch as early as this summer, noted Richard Mikes, managing partner of Transport Capital Partners (TCP), during a webinar hosted by Wall Street investment firm Stifel Nicolaus... However, such a crunch could be offset by conflicting trends in the private fleet segment, as half of the private fleets polled by CK Commercial Vehicle Research (CKCVR) in its quarterly “fleet sentiment” report indicate they are adding capacity via purchases over the next three months – with an average of more than 40% of their new power unit orders designated as “new capacity” ...


* Canada - OTA focuses on future leaders with NextGen Program

Toronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking (USA) -May 7, 2013: -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is launching a new program to help foster talent and leadership qualities in younger members in the trucking industry... At the OTA Spring Board Retreat in Muskoka from May 30 to May 31, they’ve created a forum for industry up-and-comers with the Next Generation program to share ideas, opinions and experiences... Embracing new opportunities and ideas is key to any organization. Jeff Bryan, OTA chair and president of Jeff Bryan Transport, thinks the NextGen program will allow for greater collaboration between all members of the OTA... 
* Ohio - Private fleets adding capacity faster than for-hire fleets: survey 

Columbus,OH,USA -Truck News (CAN) -6 May 2013: -- Private fleets are currently adding capacity with additional units at a faster rate than for-hire fleets, according to results from CK Commercial Vehicle Research’s second-quarter Fleet Sentiment survey... Half of the private fleets participating in the quarterly survey indicated they were adding capacity with the power units they expected to purchase (in the next three months) with an average of more than 40% of those orders designated for that purpose...  For the same time period, a third of for-hire fleets said they were adding capacity, averaging just 6% of power units directed to growing their vehicle population... Private fleets are currently adding capacity with additional units at a faster rate than for-hire fleets, according to results from CK Commercial Vehicle Research’s second-quarter Fleet Sentiment survey. Half of the private fleets participating in the quarterly survey indicated they were adding capacity with the power units they expected to purchase (in the next three months) with an average of more than 40% of those orders designated for that purpose. For the same time period, a third of for-hire fleets said they were adding capacity, averaging just 6% of power units directed to growing their vehicle population...


 
* DC - FMCSA orders four ‘reincarnated’ carriers to cease operating 

Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -May 6, 2013: -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered four Olathe, KS-based trucking companies – Royal Transport, Inc.; Nationwide, Inc.; Freight, Inc.; and Midwest A, Inc. – to immediately cease all interstate transportation service based on evidence that they are reincarnated “chameleons” for an unsafe truck company previously shut down by the agency... Earlier this year, FMCSA investigators discovered that the four companies were functioning under common operation and control in order to avoid a negative compliance history... The agency also determined that Freight, Inc. and Midwest A. Inc, were created to avoid the out-of-service order issued against Nationwide, Inc., on July 16, 2008, for failure to pay civil penalties. During its investigation, FMCSA discovered the carriers were operating the same vehicles, using the same drivers and maintaining the same operational and management structure as Royal, Inc...

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Apr 25, 2013

INCREASED DIFFICULT FOR SHIPPERS * USA

* Indiana - Shipper conditions deteriorate in February: FTR Shippers Conditions Index 

Bloomington,IND,USA -Truck News -23 April 2013: -- FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for February fell more than two points following a similar decline in January. The current reading of -9.5 reflects an expectation for increasingly difficult conditions for shippers as 2013 progresses. The SCI is forecast to be choppy over the next few months with further deterioration occurring in the second half of the year, according to FTR officials. FTR predicts that the effects of the coming new US Hours-of-Service rules will include a reduction in driver productivity, resulting in a substantial tightening of already tight truck capacity, which, in turn, will result in increased shipping costs... The Shippers Conditions Index is a compilation of factors affecting shippers transport environment. Any reading below zero indicates a less-than-ideal environment for shippers. Readings below 10 signal that conditions for shippers are approaching critical levels, based on available capacity and expected rates...

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Apr 12, 2013

* USA - TRUCKING STATISTICS: 'Solidly favourable'

* Indiana - FTR Index: Trucking conditions 'solidly favourable' in February 

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Bloomington,IND,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Apr 11, 2013: -- Trucking conditions continued to improve in February, according to the latest figures from the FTR Trucking Conditions Index (TCI). February saw an increase of two points to a reading of 12.9 on the Index. The TCI is designed to summarize a full collection of industry metrics, with a reading above zero indicating a positive environment for truckers. Readings above 10 indicate that volumes, prices, and margins are likely to be in a solidly favourable range for trucking companies... FTR officials say the July implementation of the revised Hours-of-Service rules and improving freight will tighten capacity and allow truckers to push rates higher. The TCI’s upward movement is expected to peak during the summer but remain strongly positive for some time, according to FTR...

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Oct 26, 2012

TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA

* Virginia - Freight demand “flat-lined” 

Arlington,VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -Oct. 24, 2012: -- The American Trucking Assns.’ (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.4% in September after falling 0.9% in August. In September, the SA index equaled 118.7 (2000=100). Since the level in September was the same as in January 2012, the index has been on a flat trend-line over the past nine months, noted ATA... Compared with September 2011, the SA index was 2.4% higher, the smallest year-over-year increase since December 2009. Year-to-date, compared with the same period last year, tonnage was up 3.6%... The not seasonally adjusted index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by fleets before any seasonal adjustment, equaled 115.3 in September, which was 9% below the previous month... During the third quarter, SA tonnage increased 0.4% from the previous quarter and 3.4% from the same quarter in 2011... 


 * Iowa - Weaker Class 8 truck orders

Iowa City,IO,USA -Fleet Owner, by David Cullen -Oct. 24, 2012: ... Given the gloomy freight outlook, it’s not surprising to learn that both new and net orders for Class 8 trucks continued to soften in September, according to the latest State of the Industry report released by ACT Research Co. (ACT). The research firm plainly stated that the “perceived threat of bad economic news” is impacting potential truck buyers... Steve Tam, vp commercial vehicle sector at ACT, said: “Even with soft order intake and reduced build schedules, the industry is on track to produce 280,000 to 284,000 trucks in North America this year, an increase of 11% over 2011. It’s tough to stop the wheels of commerce from rolling” ... Looking ahead to next year, the Annual Fleet Study for 2012 just completed by CK Commercial Vehicle Research (CKCVR) suggests that greater optimism about buying commercial vehicles will be at play in 2013. The research firm noted that 77n representatives from small, medium and large for-hire, private and government fleets responded to this year’s questionnaire...


* Trailer orders: Strong in September 

Columbus,IND,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Oct 24, 2012: -- Net orders for new trailers jumped 11% month-over-month in September, according to the latest State of the Industry: US Trailers report, published by ACT Research... September orders totaled 16,990 units... “With September having four fewer workdays than August, a month-over-month decline in total trailer build was a foregone conclusion,” said Frank Maly, director, CV Transportation with ACT Research. “However, the real story was the daily production rate, which jumped to the third best level of 2012. The BL/BU ratio at the end of September was 3.7 months, the lowest level of this recovery. If the normal year-end order flow does not occur, a reduction in production rates will likely be needed in late 2012 or early 2013” ...

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Sep 15, 2012

TRANSPORT & TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA

* North American spot market surges 8.4% year-over-year in August 

Portland,ORE,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Sep 12, 2012: -- TransCore’s DAT North American Freight Index outpaced August 2011 volume by 8.4%, marking the sixth time in 2012 volume has exceeded prior year levels. Freight volume on the spot market, month-over-month, edged above July 2012 by 1.1%, following a typical seasonal pattern... The monthly DAT North American Freight Index reflects spot market freight availability on TransCore’s network of load boards in the US and Canada... Truckload freight rates on the spot market continued their expected seasonal decline in August from their June peak, however, rates across all equipment types were higher year-over-year. Rates for dry vans declined 5.0% compared to July, but were up 2.3% versus August 2011. Refrigerated van rates slid 4.7%, but increased 5.8% year-over-year. Flatbed rates dipped 1.1%, but rose 2.9% when compared to the same month last year... Rates are derived from the DAT Truckload Rate Index and do not include fuel surcharges. Spot market rates are paid by brokers and 3PLs to the carrier...


* DC - Intermodal Traffic Gains 3.1% for Week

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Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -14 Sept 2012: -- U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3.1% last week over the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported... Container traffic for the week ended Saturday rose 5% to 188,647 units, while trailers fell 8.7% to 25,870 units... Railroad carloads — excluding intermodal — fell 2.3% to 272,301 units for the week, AAR said in its weekly report... Railroad volume is considered an important economic indicator. Intermodal traffic, which tends to be higher-valued merchandise than bulk commodities, uses trains for the longhaul and trucks for the shorter distance at either end of the trip...

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Aug 10, 2012

TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA

* DC - DOT Freight Transportation Index Rises 1.6%

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Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -8 Aug 2012: -- The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 1.6% in June from the same month last year, DOT said Wednesday... The freight TSI declined 0.1% to a reading of 109.5 from May, DOT said. The index uses a baseline 100 reading from the year 2000... June shipments were the seventh-highest level since the early recession month of July 2008, DOT said... The freight TSI is a seasonally adjusted monthly index measuring the output of services provided by the for-hire transportation industries, including railroad, air, truck, inland waterways, pipeline and local transit...


* DC - Intermodal Traffic Rises 3.3% for Week

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Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -10 Aug 2012: -- U.S. intermodal traffic rose 3.3% last week from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported. Container traffic for the week ended Aug. 4 rose 4.4% to 212,740 units, while trailers fell 4.3% to 30,521 units. Railroad carloads excluding intermodal rose 0.4% to 288,229 units, AAR said. Railroad volume is considered an important economic indicator. Intermodal traffic, which tends to be higher-valued merchandise than bulk commodities, uses trains for the long haul and trucks for the shorter distance at either end of the trip...

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Aug 3, 2012

TRUCKING STATISTICS * NAFTA

* North American surface trade climbs 8.3% year-over-year in May

Washington,D.C.,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Aug 1, 2012: -- Trade using surface transportation between Canada, the USA and Mexico, was 8.3% higher in May than in May 2011, totalling $83.8 billion (not adjusted for inflation), according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the US Department of Transportation. Adjusted for inflation and exchange rates, the May total was $60.7 billion in 2004 dollars, up 11.7% from May 2011...   The value of USA surface transportation trade with Canada and Mexico increased 5.0% in May from April. US-Canada surface transportation trade in May increased compared to May 2011, reaching $48.1 billion, a 4.0% increase...

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Jul 16, 2012

TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA & Canada

* Oregon - Spot market freight index sets new record for month of June 

Portland,ORE,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Jul 13, 2012: -- TransCore’s North American Freight Index has set a new record for the month of June... Year-over-year, the spot market freight index was up 6.3% over last June. However, TransCore reports freight volume slipped 2% compared to May 2012... The DAT North American Freight Index reflects spot market freight availability on TransCore’s network of load boards in the US and Canada... The company reports truckload freight rates on the spot market increased in June for the three major trailer types. Van rates were up 4.4% over May, flatdeck rates climbed 3.4% and reefer rates rose 3.5%. Rate increases do not include fuel surcharges...


* Canada - Spot market freight index down m-o-m, y-o-y in June 

Toronto,ONT,CAN -Truck News -Jul 18, 2012: -- Canadian spot market freight saw its second best month of 2012 in June, but was down both month-over-month and year-over-year, according to the latest data from TransCore... TransCore’s Canadian spot market freight index was down 2% compared to this May and 6% lower than June 2011. The second quarter of 2012 saw a 20% gain over the first quarter of this year and was 6% below Q2 2011. Cross-border postings increased slightly in June, according to TransCore, accounting for 75% of all load postings. Equipment postings declined by 7% month-over-month and were up 5% year-over-year in June...

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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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Jun 20, 2012

TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA

* Virginia - For-Hire Truck Tonnage Slips 0.7 Percent in May 

Arlington,VA,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Mark Szakonyi -Jun 19, 2012: -- Volume decrease from April reflects slowing, not stalling, economy... For-hire truck tonnage fell 0.7 percent in May from April but grew at a slightly brisker pace on a year-over-year basis, 4.1 percent, reflecting a slowing, not stalling, of economic growth... The month-to-month drop was the second in a row, as tonnage dipped 1.1 percent in April from March and rose 3.5 percent year-over-year. In the first five months of 2012, the American Trucking Associations, For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was 3.8 percent higher than in the same period a year ago... ATA, Chief Economist, Bob Costello, expects tonnage growth between 3 percent and 3.9 percent this year...

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Jun 15, 2012

TRUCKING STATISTICS * USA

* Missouri - Truckload Rates Flat in May, Intermodal Pricing Rises 

 (Photo by Markell DeLoatch/AP: Trucks roar down Interstate 81 near Chambersburg, Pa.) 
 Bridgeton,MO,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jun 13, 2012: -- Cass pricing measures show impact of slower economy, modal shift... Truckload rates shifted into lower gear in May, rising only 5 percent from a year ago and staying basically flat from April, according to Cass Information Systems... The Cass Truckload Linehaul Index for May dropped to 108.1 from 108.2 in April but decelerated more sharply year-over-year, a sign rates are rising more slowly... The 5 percent year-over-year increase in May compares with a 6.9 percent increase in April, 7.2 percent increase in March and 8.2 percent jump in February...


* DC - US Freight Shipments in April Up 0.2 Percent From March

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Mark Szakonyi-Jun 15, 2012: -- Freight volume up 2.3 percent year-over-year, according to DOT index... U.S. freight shipments rose 0.2 percent in April from a month earlier and 2.3 percent year-over-year, suggesting the slowdown of economic growth since January is continuing, the Transportation Department said... The DOT’s Freight Transportation Services Index registered 111.7. Its December reading was 113.7, the highest since the index began in 1990. The index hit a recession low of 93.4 in April 2009... Despite the 3.9 percent volume decline from December, freight shipments in April were at the highest level since July 2008 when the recession began. The seasonally adjusted index measures the month-to-month changes in for-hire trucking, rail, inland waterway, pipeline and air freight shipments...


* DC - US Intermodal Volume Up 15.2 Percent From Prior Week 

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Mark Szakonyi -Jun 14, 2012: -- Intermodal traffic rose 3.8 percent year-over-year in week ending June 9...  Intermodal shipments on major U.S. railroads in the week ending June 9 rose 3.8 percent year-over-year and jumped 15.2 percent from the prior week, according to the Association of American Railroads. Carload volume in the same week fell 1.7 percent year-over-year but rose 7.6 percent versus the prior week. Grain, coke, iron and steel scrap volumes saw double-digit decreases on a year-over-year basis. Petroleum products, metallic ores, lumber and wood products, and motor vehicles and equipment volumes increased on a double-digit basis in the same period. For the first 23 weeks of 2012, intermodal traffic rose 3 percent from the same period a year ago; carload traffic declined 3.1 percent in the same period...

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