Insights - March 2016 - (Page 11)
FREIGHT - from page 9
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Truck Tonnage Ends
2015 on Strong Note
The seasonally adjusted For-Hire
Truck Tonnage Index increased 1
percent in December 2015, according
to the American Trucking Associations.
This followed a decrease of 0.9 percent
during November.
In December, the index equaled
135.6, based on ATA's convention of
2000 = 100, up from 134.3 in November,
and 0.1 percent below the all-time high
of 135.8 reached in January 2015.
Compared with December 2014, the
seasonally adjusted index increased 1.1
percent, which was better than November's 0.2 percent year-over-year gain.
For all of 2015, compared with 2014,
tonnage was up 2.6 percent.
The not seasonally adjusted index,
which represents the change in tonnage
actually hauled by the fleets before any
seasonal adjustment, equaled 132.7 in
December, which was 2.9 percent above
the previous month's 129.0.
"Tonnage ended 2015 on a strong
note," said Bob Costello, ATA chief economist, "but it was not strong for the year
as a whole. With year-over-year gains
averaging just 1.2 percent over the last
four months [of 2015], there was a clear
deceleration in truck tonnage."
Costello added, "At the expense of
sounding like a broken record, I remain
concerned about the high level of inventories throughout the supply chain.
The total business inventory-to-sales
record is at the highest level in over a
decade, excluding the Great Recession
period. This will have a negative impact
on truck freight volumes over the next
few months at least. And, this inventory
cycle is overriding any strength from
consumer spending and housing at the
moment."
Trucking Software
Sustainability
News
UPS Expands LNG Use
UPS announced it has expanded
its agreement with Clean Energy Fuels
Corp. to use up to 500,000 gallon
equivalents of renewable liquefied
natural gas annually in Texas. UPS
stations in Houston and Mesquite will
dispense the RLNG to a fleet of about
140 UPS tractors.
The deal builds on UPS's current
agreement with Clean Energy Fuels in
California. UPS is using approximately
1.5 million gallon equivalents of
renewable compressed natural gas
annually in that state where it operates
nearly 400 CNG vehicles.
"Renewable natural gas is helping us
to meet growing customer demand while
reducing our environmental impact,"
said Mark Wallace, senior vice president,
global engineering and sustainability for
Business Software for Intermodal
Trucking Companies of All Sizes
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Insights - March 2016
Aviation Bill Backs Federal HOS
FMC Launches Supply Chain Innovation Team
ITC Looks into Chinese Truck Tires
New Board Member
Nominations Sought for Silver Kingpin Award
Roundtables Announced for O&M Meeting
UMD Students to Conduct Membership Survey
Keeping Quality Chassis on the Road
Information Services News
Freight Reports
Sustainability News
Port News
2016 Sponsors
In Brief
People in the News
State Legislative Update
Welcome New Members
Early Intermodalist Carmichael Dies
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