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

March net U.S. trailer orders of 7,600 units were down 43% month-over-month and 51% below the previous year, according to ACT Research. read more

APR 20, 2020 - 6:35 am

Preliminary used Class 8 volumes contracted 8% month-over-month in March, according the latest preliminary report by ACT Research. read more

APR 15, 2020 - 6:35 am

The continued spread of COVID-19 over the past month has resulted in freefalling GDP assumptions, and by extension freight volumes, carrier profits and expectations for commercial vehicle demand, according to ACT Research. read more

APR 13, 2020 - 6:50 am

ACT Research lowered its freight expectations as the complexity of the manufacturing restart becomes clearer. ACT expects spot rates to drop more than 20% in April/May from March. read more

APR 10, 2020 - 6:35 am

ACT Research reported that starting in the second half of February, COVID-19 went from a China containment story to one of a spiraling pandemic. read more

APR 6, 2020 - 6:30 am

Preliminary NA Class 8 net orders in March were down 45% from February and 51% lower year over year. March’s Classes 5-7 net orders were down 36% from February and 31% from year-ago levels. read more

APR 3, 2020 - 6:50 am

ACT Research’s Transportation Digest reported that key truck transportation metrics of January and February data may show a global supply chain disruption that took place initially in China. read more

APR 3, 2020 - 6:30 am

Used Class 8 same dealer sales volumes improved 14% month over month in February, with longer-term sales rising 9% year over year, according to ACT Research. read more

MAR 30, 2020 - 6:30 am

February net U.S. trailer orders were down 15% month over month and 45% below the previous year, according to an ACT Research report. read more

MAR 19, 2020 - 6:45 am

China’s heavy and medium truck markets, including tractors, are expected to suffer a severe setback in Q1/20, before a small recovery in Q2. read more

MAR 19, 2020 - 6:25 am