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Indicators: Page 48

Business
Diesel prices continue to rise, jump 4.3 cents over previous week
The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel increased 4.3 cents in the week ending May 4, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report.
May 4, 2015
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Business
CCJ Indicators: Rates dip slightly, trailer builds increase, NAFTA freight grows
Rounding up recent trucking economic indicators: Rates slipped slightly as capacity rose, the trailer order market remains solid and trucking’s share of cross-border freight continues to grow.
May 1, 2015
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Business
Earnings roundup: Daimler, Cummins post increased first quarter revenues
Daimler Trucks and Cummins announced their first quarter earnings, and both companies showed increased revenues over the same period the previous year.
April 29, 2015
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Business
Earnings report roundup: J.B. Hunt, Marten, Knight, Landstar, Heartland, Werner, Swift
Some of the country’s largest fleets all posted financial gains in the first quarter.
April 28, 2015
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Business
Diesel prices increase for second consecutive week
The price of a gallon of on-highway diesel increased three cents over the last week.
April 27, 2015
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Business
Indicators: Freight growth and regs expected to impact shippers; Truckload Linehaul Index soar
Per recent trucking economic indicators, rates are still trending upward and freight’s expected to continue to grow throughout the year.
April 27, 2015
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CCJ Indicators: Truck tonnage rises, freight shipments creep up in March
Two reports from March point to gains in freight and tonnage in the month.
April 21, 2015
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Business
Diesel price jumps, ending five-week string of price drops
The U.S.’ average price is now $2.78, which is $1.191 lower than the same week last year.
April 21, 2015
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Business
State’s biodiesel requirements spur lawsuit due to pricing, compatibility concerns
The Minnesota Trucking Association, with a coalition of vehicle- and fuel-industry organizations, has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging Minnesota’s mandate of a 10 percent biodiesel blend for diesel sold within its borders.
April 20, 2015
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Business
CCJ Indicators: Freight and rates surge, trucking conditions ‘modestly positive’
Trucking-specific economic indicators from the most recent week show trucking conditions to be ‘modestly positive,’ FTR says, while freight volume and raters on the spot market both saw upswings in March.
April 14, 2015
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Business
Fuel prices down 3 cents last week, 19 cents in last five weeks
The national price of diesel has dropped 19 cents over the last five weeks, and it is $1.198 lower than this time a year ago, according to the Department of Energy.
April 13, 2015
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Business
CCJ Indicators: Flatbed leads uptick in load availability, trucking sees NAFTA trade growth
Flatbed in the most recent week saw upswings in both load availability and per-mile rates. Meanwhile, trucking continues to carry more international freight, and truck orders have dampened.
April 8, 2015
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Business
Diesel falls another 4 cents, down 16 cents in last 4 weeks
The national average price has fallen 31 out of the last 40 weeks and is $1.175 lower than the same week last year, per the DOE.
April 6, 2015
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Business
CCJ Indicators: Rates in all three segments rose in March, first time since last June
Per-mile rates on the spot market rose in all three segments — flatbed, reefer and dry van — in March, with each ticking up roughly a nickel, according to Truckstop.com’s monthly rate data, released last week.
April 3, 2015
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Business
Trucking drops 6,800 jobs in March, U.S. economy employment gains slow
The for-hire trucking industry’s total payroll employment shrunk by 6,800 jobs in March, according to preliminary data released April 3 by the Department of Labor. Trucking’s employment backslide came as the economy as a whole also slowed its employment gains, adding just 126,000 jobs in the month.
April 3, 2015
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Business
Benchmark study: carriers margins expanding
Results from the recent 2014 TMW Transportation & Logistics Study show that most carriers were able to improve their fortunes last year as the competition for drivers grew more intense.
April 1, 2015
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Business
CCJ Indicators: Driver turnover at 95% in 2014; hours, fuel boost shippers’ conditions
Driver turnover remains upward of 90 percent for small and large carriers, and 2014’s numbers point toward it worsening, ATA says.
April 1, 2015
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Business
Pilot Flying J on list of objectors to $25M ‘hot fuel’ settlement, citing how money will be spent
The fuel providers object to the way the settlement funds are designated to be spent, with too little going to the victims in the case and too much going to state governments and fuel wholesalers and retailers, the objectors argue.
April 1, 2015
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