ACT Research released the August installment of its Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate and Volume OUTLOOK report covering the truckload, intermodal, LTL and last mile sectors. read more
AUG 12, 2019 - 6:35 am
The June data in ACT Research’s latest For-Hire Trucking Index showed nearly across-the-board declines, with capacity again the lone exception. read more
JUL 23, 2019 - 6:25 am
In the July installment of the of its Freight Forecast, ACT Research maintained its view that truckload and intermodal contract rates will fall this year due to overcapacity and weak freight demand. read more
JUL 15, 2019 - 6:25 am
The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed nearly across-the-board declines, with capacity being the lone exception. The Pricing Index fell to 38.8, the lowest in survey history. read more
JUN 24, 2019 - 6:30 am
ACT Research released its June installment of the ACT Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate and Volume OUTLOOK. The forecast predicts a short-term pre-ship ahead of the threatened tariffs on the remaining $300+ billion of China imports. read more
JUN 7, 2019 - 6:35 am
Freight remains soft and Class 8 sales on “on fire” according to the May installment of the ACT Freight Forecast. read more
MAY 10, 2019 - 6:40 am
The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed an uptick in volume, pricing, and productivity. read more
APR 15, 2019 - 6:40 am
The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed a downtick in volume, pricing and productivity, with the supply-demand balance continuing trend, loosening for the fourth consecutive month. read more
MAR 18, 2019 - 6:45 am
The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed an improvement in freight volumes and truck productivity in January, after a soft finish to 2018. The Volume Index rose to 52.0 in January, from 49.0 in December. read more
FEB 22, 2019 - 6:30 am
According to the ACT Research For-Hire Trucking Index, the volume index was still in negative territory at 48.1 in December. The supply-demand balance turned down even further, hitting 44.3 on a seasonally-adjusted basis. read more
JAN 22, 2019 - 7:05 am
The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed the supply-demand balance rising to 55.6 on a seasonally adjusted basis in October, from 50.1 in September. read more
NOV 21, 2018 - 6:40 am
The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed an increase in the supply-demand balance, rising to 58.0 seasonally-adjusted in July, from a 54.0 reading in June. read more
AUG 29, 2018 - 6:50 am
After turning to a deficit in March for the first time in 15 months, the supply-demand balance returned to positive territory in April, as expected, rebounding to 59.6 from 47.3 in March. read more
MAY 22, 2018 - 1:28 pm
The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed that for the first time in the past 15 months, the capacity index rose faster than the freight index, inflecting to a deteriorating supply-demand balance. read more
APR 19, 2018 - 6:26 am
The freight rate index from ACT Research in January reached a new all-time high in its 10-year history, eclipsing the previous record set in October. January also posted a new cycle-high in the productivity index. read more
FEB 16, 2018 - 1:50 pm