For-hire shipments dip from record in March

For-hire shipments dip from record in March

Despite drop, DOT says freight remains at ‘historically high’ level

The Department of Transportation (DOT) said for-hire freight shipments slipped 1.5 percent in March from the record high set one month earlier.

The agency’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said in a statement May 10 that for-hire shipments for the entire first quarter was down 0.5 percent from the final three months of 2016.

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