ARLINGTON, VA — The weight of the loads U.S. truckers haul is getting heavier, according to the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA). The ATA’s advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.3 percent ...
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This Editorial appears in the March 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Signs are increasing that the nation's economic health is steadily improving. It's not a barnburner, and there is still some ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage fell 4.3% in January, but you can blame the weather. The American Trucking Associations said its tonnage index was still up 1.2% year-over-year. The softening from December was attributed to winter storms, and ...
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Truck tonnage rose 1.2% in January, held back by a series of nationwide winter storms, American Trucking Associations announced. The impact of the storms was illustrated by the 4.3% drop from December, the largest sequential decline in ...
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If the trucking industry is still struggling, it's not for lack of freight to haul. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) Truck Tonnage Index just concluded its strongest year since 1998. For-hire truck tonnage in the US rose 0.6% in ...
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Jan 22, 2014 01:44 PM ARLINGTON, VA — Truckers, do you feel the weight of the load you’re hauling It’s getting heavier, the American Trucking Associations' (ATA) reports, and that’s a sign that the U.S. economy is ...
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American Trucking Associations said its tonnage index rose 8.2% last month, reaching another record, capping the strongest year since 1998 and reflecting increasing strength across broad economic sectors. The not seasonally adjusted index ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage jumped 2.7% in November, achieving a new record high. The American Trucking Associations’ for-hire truck tonnage index was up 8.1% year-over-year in November. Year-to-date, tonnage is up 5.8%, the ATA ...
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The driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets dipped two percentage points to 97 percent in the third quarter of 2013 in the U.S., American Trucking Associations' Trucking Activity Report states. "Despite this dip, the market for ...
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The American Trucking Association (ATA) recently published a report that indicates driver turnover rates have experienced a slight decline. The latest edition of the ATA Trucking Activity Report shows that annualized driver turnover rates ...
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US truck tonnage fell 2.8% month-over-month in October, but remained stronger than in the same month last year. The American Trucking Associations’ for-hire truck tonnage index grew 0.5% in September (revised down from the 1.4% ...
The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) advanced seasonally adjuted (SA) For-Hire Tonnage Index rose 1.4 percent in September. "I continue to be pleasantly surprised on the strength of truck tonnage," ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello ...
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Three-quarters of fleets surveyed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), say they have or will be increasing driver pay packages in the face of a driver shortage. At an ATA Management Conference & Exhibition panel discussion, chief ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage spiked 1.4% in September, matching August's gain. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported that the seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index is up 8.4% compared to September 2012, marking the largest ...
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US trucking is "on the cusp" of a capacity crunch, according to American Trucking Associations vice president and chief economist Bob Costello. Costello told the popular All Eyes on the Economy panel that eventually demand for freight ...
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