Bob Costello

Finances

Tonnage nearly flat in November ATA index is up 5.9 percent over 2009 period After rising 1.9 percent in September and 0.9 percent in October, the American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was practically flat in Novemeber, slipping 0.1 percent. The latest reduction ...

By CCJ Staff Published January 1, 2011

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Don’t count on another 2004 or 2005, but a steady economic recovery and ongoing capacity constraints could make 2011 a good year. Coming out of the Great Recession, just about any improvement in or even leveling off of business conditions feels like good times. For many ...

By Avery Vise Published January 1, 2011

Finance

Truck tonnage rebounds in September ATA’s adjusted index up 6.1 percent year-to-date The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.7 percent in September after falling a revised 2.8 percent in August. The latest gain put the adjusted index at 108.7 in September ...

By CCJ Staff Published December 2, 2010

Finances

Tonnage drops sharply in August ATA’s adjusted index up 6.2 percent year-to-date The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index in August plunged 2.7 percent from the July level. The drop was the largest month-to-month decrease since March 2009. The SA index dropped ...

By CCJ Staff Published November 8, 2010

Finances

Tonnage up sharply in July ATA economist sees slight gains in second half Freight demand continues to show volatility as the increase in July was comparable to the decline the month before. The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.5 percent ...

By CCJ Staff Published October 1, 2010

Finances

Trucking adds 5,900 jobs in July The for-hire trucking industry continued to add jobs in July even as the overall U.S. economy lost jobs due to the wind-down of the federal government’s 2010 Census effort, according to preliminary figures released Aug. 6 by the U.S. Department ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2010

Finances

Tonnage down 0.6% in May ATA index up 7.2% year-over-year The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.6 percent in May, the first month-to-month drop since February. The reduction, which followed an upwardly revised 1 percent increase in April, put the SA ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 13, 2010

Finances

Tonnage up 3.1% in January ATA index up 5.7% year-over-year The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 3.1 percent in January following a revised 1.3 percent increase in December 2009. The latest gain boosted the SA index from 107 in December to ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2010

Tonnage up 2.1% in December

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index climbed 2.1 percent in December, following a 2.6 percent increase in November. The latest gain boosted the SA index from 106.2 in November to 108.4 in December, its highest level since November 2008. The nonseasonally ...

By Brooke Wisdom Published February 1, 2010