April net U.S. trailer orders of 209 units were down 97% month-over-month and 99% below the previous year, according to ACT Research's State of the Industry: U.S. Trailer Report. read more

MAY 22, 2020 - 6:45 am

Class 8 net orders at their lowest level since September 1995 and medium-duty orders at their worst in a decade, according to ACT Research’s latest State of the Industry: NA Classes 5-8 Report. read more

MAY 21, 2020 - 6:45 am

Preliminary April net U.S. trailer orders were 250 units, an all-time monthly low for the industry, according to ACT Research. read more

MAY 20, 2020 - 6:40 am

The U.S. trailer industry has shifted from the production/capacity challenges of the last three years to a massive retrenchment in production levels, according to ACT Research’s Trailer Components Report. read more

MAY 18, 2020 - 6:45 am

ACT’s May Freight Forecast reported container imports falling 20% from January to March, with similar year-over-year declines likely into the summer. read more

MAY 15, 2020 - 6:40 am

April preliminary used class 8 volumes fell 8% month over month and 5% year over year but remained 10% above the first four months of last year. read more

MAY 14, 2020 - 6:35 am

ACT Research predicts commercial vehicle demand will transition in 2021 from COVID-19’s negative impacts into a meaningfully better situation in 2022. read more

MAY 13, 2020 - 6:25 am

Preliminary NA Classes 5-7 net orders fell 69% in April compared to a year ago and dropped 50% below the March order intake. read more

MAY 7, 2020 - 6:50 am

April’s preliminary NA Class 8 net orders fell to 4,100 units, down 46% from March and 72% lower on a year-over-year basis. read more

MAY 6, 2020 - 6:45 am

The North American commercial vehicle market addressed the pandemic with shutdown announcements, but also prepared readers for the restarting phase to come. read more

APR 29, 2020 - 6:35 am

Used Class 8 same dealer sales volumes dropped 1% month-over-month in March, with longer-term sales rising 5% year-over-year, according to ACT Research. read more

APR 28, 2020 - 6:30 am

The pervasive negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a major downward shift on ACT Research’s views of the heavy-duty market for 2020. read more

APR 27, 2020 - 6:35 am

Class 8 Natural Gas truck retail sales for the first two months of 2020 gained 29% year-to-date over 2019, according to ACT’s Alternative Fuels Quarterly. read more

APR 23, 2020 - 6:30 am

ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed further contraction for both volumes and freight rates, now at 42.4 and 43.2 respective diffusion index readings. Productivity, while neutral at 50.0, likely was supported by the temporary pantry-stocking phenomenon. read more

APR 22, 2020 - 6:50 am

Truck transportation showed relatively strong performance on restocking activity into the end of March, making ACT Research’s data largely transitional. read more

APR 21, 2020 - 6:30 am