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Data

Average Operating Ratio by Trucking Segment - For Publicly Owned LTL and Truckload Carriers. Source: Journal of Commerce, company reports
 
Average LTL, Truckload Operating Ratios Rise
DAT North American Freight Index. Source: DAT
 
DAT Freight Index Sees Steep Drop in April
TransCore North American Freight Index. Source: TransCore DAT
 
TransCore DAT Freight Index Dips
TransCore North American Freight Index through February 2013. Source: TransCore.
 
TransCore DAT Freight Index Retreats
 
U.S. IMC Highway Yield
JOC Truckload Capacity Index.
 
JOC Truckload Capacity Index Hits New Low

Commentary

 

Q&A: Locked and Loaded?

Colin Barrett
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News & Analysis

 
Trucking Tonnage Index Reaches All-Time High
18 Jun 2013
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Trucking Tonnage Index jumped 2.3 percent to 126.0 in May, after falling 0.2 percent in April to 123.2, making it the highest level on record.
 
FMCSA Declares Colorado Trucking Company ‘Imminent Hazard’
18 Jun 2013
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered E & K Trucking, based in Commerce City, Colo., to immediately cease its trucking operations...
 
Truckload, Intermodal Rates Mixed in May, Cass Says
14 Jun 2013
North American truckload pricing in May increased 1.4 percent from the same month in 2012, but fell 2.4 percent from April, according to the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.
 
Trucking Companies Struggle to Balance Costs, Demand
07 Jun 2013
An uneven, anemic economic recovery, spending cuts driven by the federal sequester and winter storms all threw up roadblocks for trucking operators in the first quarter, slowing the industry’s drive toward greater profitability.
 
Class 8 Truck Orders Remained Stable in May
06 Jun 2013
Preliminary net orders for Class 8 trucks totaled 23,300 units in May, basically flat compared to the previous month, according to ACT Research.
 
Saltchuk Resources Acquires Carlile Transportation Systems
05 Jun 2013
Saltchuk Resources, a Seattle-based family of transportation and petroleum distribution companies, has acquired Carlile Transportation Systems, a trucking and logistics company in Alaska.
 
Class 8 Truck Orders Dipped in May
05 Jun 2013
North America’s Class 8 truck net orders in May reached 22,541 units, dropping 2 percent compared with the previous month, according to FTR Associates’ preliminary data.
 
PTA Holdings to Buy Intermodal Container Carrier
05 Jun 2013
PTA Holdings is in negotiations to purchase a U.S. Midwest trucker of ocean containers.
 
Will DOT Sway the Debate on Truck Size and Weight?
03 Jun 2013
A Department of Transportation study on the ramifications of allowing heavier and bigger trucks won’t likely end the decades-long debate over the issue, but it could provide Congress with a more definitive roadmap.
UPS Freight truck.
 
UPS Freight Sets June 10 Rate Increase
31 May 2013
UPS Freight today announced a general rate increase of 5.9 percent for non-contractual shipments in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Companies in the news

Arkansas Best
Association of American Railroads
C.R. England
Cass Information Systems
Celadon Group
Con-way
Con-Way Truckload
England Logistics
FedEx
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