ATA: Truck tonnage dipped in September

ATA: Truck tonnage dipped in September

Year-to-date, however, the trade group said its tonnage index is up 3%.

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) for-hire truck tonnage index contracted 5.8% in September, following a revised 5% rise during August.

Compared with September of last year, the trade group’s tonnage index is down 0.7%, the first year-over-year decline since October 2015. Year-to-date, however, compared to the same stretch in 2015 ATA noted that tonnage is up 3%.

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