Tag: Freight News
Truck Freight Demand Surges Behind U.S. Economy
Cargo Hauled By U.S. Truck Drivers Up 2.8 Percent
As the U.S. economy and dollar strengthens, so does the trucking industry as both continue to work in record territory. Trucking activity continued to climb to...
More Freight And Rate Hikes Could Be Ahead For Trucking Executives
More Freight, Higher Rates Concern Trucking Management
After a winter season that the trucking industry now far remembers, the trucking economy is stronger then ever. Trucking executives are encouraged by a stronger economy that continues...
October 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)
Five Years: Freight Transportation Services Index, October 2009 - October 2014
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Source for Recession Dates: National Bureau of Economic Research, US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which...
46K Trailer Orders For October; New Record High
FTR reports October U.S. Trailer net orders at 46,267, an all-time record high, shattering the old mark by 9%. Trailer orders have now totaled 327,000 the past 12 months. Orders were much higher than...
Revenue From Freight Expected To Grow Over 70 Percent In The Next Decade
Overall U.S. freight tonnage will rise nearly 25% and revenues from that freight will surge above 70% over the next decade, per the latest long-term freight forecast released by the American Trucking Assns. (ATA).
The...