U.S. truck tonnage falls 4% in January

Benchmarking

Thursday, March 01, 2012

U.S. trucking volumes fell back sharply in January. The American Trucking Associations' preliminary truck tonnage index of for-hire fleets dropped 4 percent to 119.4 in the first month of 2012 after advancing 6.4 percent, to a record 124.4 in December. The index is based on a survey of member companies and is adjusted to account for seasonality. The index increased 3.6 percent compared to the same month a year earlier, representing a more accurate picture of the improving health o...

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