ATA: Tonnage up for August
Does it mean the “peak season” for freight is shifting from fall to summer?
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported a 5.7% increase in its for-hire truck tonnage index for August, making up for a 2.1% tonnage decline for July.
Compared to August 2015, the index is up 5.9%; the largest year-over-year tonnage gain since May, the ATA noted, which was also up 5.9%. Year-to-date, compared with the same 8-month stretch in 2015, tonnage is up 3.5%.
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Source:: http://fleetowner.com/fleet-management/ata-tonnage-august
