TORONTO — There was a 7 percent slip on TransCore Link Logistics’ Canadian Freight Index in June, continuing the “the up and down results for the first six months of the year,” TransCore reported today.

Compared to last year’s peak in the same month, June 2013 was 21 percent lower.

“Second quarter saw a slight gain of six percent over the first quarter of 2013; however, volume was down 17 percent compared to elevated second quarter results of 2012,” TransCore noted.

Equipment postings in June stayed flat once again, but month-over-month levels saw a slight one percent gain while load postings were 12 percent higher than last year’s level for the same period.

Meanwhile, equipment-to-load ratio increased in June to 2.37 from May’s 2.18

Top Equipment Postings for June:

Dry Vans: 51 percent

Reefers: 23 percent

Flatbeds: 19 percent

Top Five States of Origin for Loads Destined to Canada:

1. Ohio

2. Pennsylvania

3. California

4. Illinois

5. Texas

Top Five States of Destination for Loads Originating in Canada:

1. New York

2. California

3. Pennsylvania

4. Texas

5. Michigan

June’s cross-border loads destined for provinces within Canada were three percent higher than May, and accounted for 74 percent of overall volume. On the flip side, intra-Canada postings were three percent below May levels, and contributed to 21 percent of June’s total volume.

Top Regions for Loads into Canada by Region of Destination:

1. Ontario 56%

2. Western 21%

3. Quebec 21%

4. Atlantic 2%

Top Regions for Loads within Canada by Region of Origin:

1. Western 43%

2. Ontario 30%

3. Quebec 20%

4. Atlantic 7%

Top Regions for Loads within Canada by Region of Destination:

1. Western 35%

2. Ontario 40%

3. Quebec 22%

4. Atlantic 3%