Time To Put Fuel Taxes Into Highways, Says MTA
Alberta Truckers Crown Driving Champs
Canadian Freight Index Drops in April, Fuel Charges Climbing
Gov. Study on Green Truck Tech Good Move, says Alliance
Tallman Truck Centres Expands into Hog Town
Canadian Freight Index Sees Rate Drop, First Time Since 2011
New Brunswick Truckers Snub Ferry Company Rule
Canadian Spot Market Index Dips, Transcore Reports
Ultimate Test Drive: Freightliner Cascadia with DT12 - PART THREE
ROTELLA FOR EXTREME COLD
MX-13 ENGINE WARRANTY
Ultimate Test Drive: Kenworth T680
Ultimate Test Drive: 2013 Mack Pinnacle
REFRIGERATED BODY
TARP STORAGE BOX
REMAN TRANSMISSION
Shaw Commercial Promotes Trucking Careers
Tim Horton's Trucking Recipe
Trucking Alliance Says Build on U.S Environmental Regs
Sleep Apnea Pilot Project Looking for Canadian Carriers
The Broken Image of Trucking
Alberta Carriers Talk Immigrant Drivers
C.R. England Awards Harley to Fuel Smart Driver
Clean Oil in Alberta!
Volvo Crowns Beaver Truck Centre
Mitsubishi Fuso Highlights 2011 Dealer of the Year Recipients
Industrious Trucking Entrepreneur Wins Award
Pilot Flying J Opens 62nd Location in Canada
Driver Survey Serves up Surprises
Truckers Teach Teens to Drive Safe Around Big Rigs
ShareARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.9 percent in February after a 3.5 percent jump the previous month.
Compared with February 2010, tonnage climbed 4.2 percent, although this was smaller than January’s 7.6 percent year-over-year increase.
Through the first two months of the year, tonnage is up 5.9 percent compared to last year.
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said that the winter storms in February probably played a role in the latest reduction and that he wasn’t concerned about the decrease.
"Tonnage is not going to increase every month and in general I’m very pleased with freight volumes early this year," he said.
Anecdotally, the reports are still encouraging. “I’m hearing a significant amount of positive news from fleets and that the largest concern continues to be the price of diesel fuel, not freight levels.”
ATA calculates the tonnage index based on surveys from its membership and has been doing so since the 1970s.
- 'Blessing of the Pete’ Rekindles Moving Soldier Memorial
- Trucking for Wishes Needs Your Help. And All You Gotta Do is Like Them.
- Trucking Hero: “Something inside me made me stop.”
- Friday Focus: Driver Wages and The Driver Shortage
- Trucking Alliance Tells Carriers to Take Responsibility for Driver Shortage
Please Note:
While we value your feedback, please avoid profane or personal attacks. You should know that if your comment contains libelous, prejudicial or just plain wrong statements, it will be deleted.