Freight News

American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.1% in June after falling 4% in May. In June, the index equaled 115.2 (2015=100) compa...

ACT Research reports net trailer orders for June 2019 at just 6,200 units, the lowest volume since 2009. Frank Maly, ACT’s Director of CV Transportation Analysis and Research, ad...

Amazon’s shipping and fulfillment costs have skyrocketed over the past decade, according to Statista. Shipping costs for Amazon totaled $27.7 billion in 2018, with fulfillment co...

FTR reports preliminary trailer orders for June came in at 5,500 units, that’s down 53% from May and 70% year-over-year. Orders fell to the lowest level since September 2009....

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) fell nearly two points in May to a reading of -2.3.  The TCI has been in negative territory since March and reflects a general weakness in ...

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, fell 0.7% in May from April, falling for t...

FTR reports preliminary North American Class 8 orders for June at 13,000 units, up 24% from May, but continuing to track well below 20,000 units. Including June activity, this is t...

The U.S. Department of Transportation published April’s North American Transborder Freight numbers. That is, freight between the U.S. and other North American countries (Cana...