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Truck tonnage snaps mini-stretch of declines with May gains, reports ATA
June 20, 2023
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for May, came in at 115.4 (2015=100), for a 2.4% increase, following decreases of 1.7% and 2.8%, in April and March, respectively.
April truck tonnage falls for the second straight month, reports ATA
May 23, 2023
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for April, came in at 112.7 (2015=100), for a 1.7% decrease compared to March’s 114.7, following a 2.8% decrease from February to March.
Truck tonnage sees March declines, reports ATA
April 24, 2023
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for March, came in at 111.6 (2015=100), marking a 5.4% decrease compared to February, which was up 0.9% over January.
September truck tonnage readings are mixed, reports ATA
October 19, 2022
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for September, came in at 118.8 (2015=100), for a 0.5% increase. And ATA’s not seasonally-adjusted (NSA) index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by fleets before any seasonal adjustment and the metric ATA says fleets should benchmark their levels with, came in at 119 in September, a 3.8% decline compared to August.
July truck tonnage sees slight decline, reports ATA
August 25, 2022
The ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, for July, came in at 116.2 (2015=100), down 1.1% compared to June, which was preceded by a 2.7% May to June increase.
May truck tonnage sees some gains but trends down due to tough annual comps, reports ATA
June 18, 2019
The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for May, at 114 (2015=100) fell 6.1% compared to April’s 121.8, which was up 7% over March. And compared to May 2018, SA tonnage eked out a 0.9% gain, which ATA said marks its smallest annual SA tonnage gain going back to April 2017.
April truck tonnage is solid, reports ATA
May 22, 2018
The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index headed up 1.1% from March to April at 112.5 (2015=100), following a 1% (revised from an original estimate of 1.1%) decline in March, which came in at 110.1. Compared to April 2017, the SA index was up 9.5%. ATA said this increase represents the largest annual increase going back to October 2017. And on a year-to-date basis through April, the SA index is up 8% annually, topping 2017’s 3.8% annual increase.
Truck tonnage bounces back in October, reports ATA
November 21, 2017
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported today in its Truck Tonnage Index that October trucking volumes saw decent momentum, coming off of September declines.
FTR and ATA data provide detailed analyses of over-the-road market from different perspectives
August 30, 2017
Recent data from FTR and the American Trucking Associations provide in-depth insight on motor carrier and shipper market outlooks.
ATA reports gains in May truck tonnage volumes
June 23, 2015
Seasonally-adjusted (SA) for-hire truck tonnage in May headed up 1.8 percent at 132.1.
Truck tonnage volumes dip in April, reports American Trucking Associations
May 19, 2015
The current state of truck tonnage appears to be on a rocky road, based on data issued by the American Trucking Associations (ATA).
January truck tonnage turns in strong performance, reports ATA
February 24, 2015
Seasonally-adjusted (SA) for-hire truck tonnage in January was up 1.2 percent at 135.7 (2000=100) on the heels of a revised 0.1 percent increase in December. And on an annual basis SA tonnage was up 6.6 percent compared to January 2014, which the ATA said marks the single largest annual gain in more than a year.
ATA reports solid truck tonnage for October
November 18, 2014
October truck tonnage showed strong momentum in advance of the holiday season, according to data issued by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) this week.
July truck tonnage sees decent gains, reports ATA
August 19, 2014
Seasonally-adjusted (SA) for-hire truck tonnage in July headed up 1.3 percent on the heels of a 0.8 percent increase in June. The ATA’s not seasonally-adjusted (NSA) index, which represents the change in tonnage actually hauled by fleets before any seasonal adjustment, was 133.3 in July, which outpaced June’s 132.3 by 0.8 percent, and was up 2.8 percent annually.
