Truck tonnage soars in January

Trade & Trends

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Trucking activity in the United States has continued its surge, with the American Trucking Association’s tonnage index capping off three months of increases with the best January figure in five years. Tonnage grew by 2.9 percent in January, after gains of 2.4 percent in December and 3.7 percent in November. “The trucking industry started 2013 with a bang,” ATA’s economist Bob Costello said in a statement. “While I believe that the overall economy will be sluggish...

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