Hire Truck Tonnage Index came in at 113.2 (2015=100), down 1.2%, following a 1.7% (downwardly revised from an original reading of 1.8%) off of August’s 115.6 reading and a 2.1% July gain.

The new edition of the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which was recently released by New York-based investment firm TD Cowen Inc. and Shreveport, La.-based 3PL and freight audit and payment company AFS ...

Total September volume, at 1,514,487 units, increased 7.4% annually. Domestic containers, at 704,871, were up 2.9% annually, while trailers, at 46,996, fell 9.2%. All domestic equipment, which is ...

POLA reported that September volume came in at 954,706 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), representing a 27% annual increase, hitting a new September record. The Port of Long Beach reported that ...

Company said that opening these new outbound lanes reinforces the company’s confidence in its service capabilities and the growing demand for reliable LTL transportation.

Three of the nation’s top market analysts examine the current state of the freight railroad and intermodal markets, including ...

Rail carloads, at 222,003, fell 1.3% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 283,030 units, rose 5.9% annually.

Commerce reported that total September retail sales, at $714.4 billion, rose 0.4% compared to August and were up 1.7% ...

September’s shipment reading, at 1.102, fell 5.2% annually, and September expenditures, at 3.224, decreased 6.6% annually.

DAT's Ken Adamo notes September showed the spot truckload market is firmly into a new freight cycle after nearly 22 months of rather extreme expansion and 27 months of contraction.

The Washington, D.C.-based organization is calling for 2024 holiday spending to increase between 2.5%-to-3.5% annually, coming in between $979.5 billion-to-$989 million, topping 2023’s $955.6 billion ...