After a less negative spot environment over the summer, ACT Research now expects excess capacity to exert more downward pressure on truckload spot rates. read more

OCT 11, 2019 - 6:45 am

The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index, with August data, retrenched to contraction in all categories, after the large and partly anomalous improvement in July. read more

OCT 1, 2019 - 6:40 am

ACT Research released its September installment of the Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate and Volume OUTLOOK Report covering the truckload, intermodal, LTL and last mile sectors. read more

SEP 10, 2019 - 6:20 am

The latest ACT Research For-Hire Trucking Index, with July data, showed surprising improvement and trend reversal in every category. read more

AUG 27, 2019 - 6:20 am

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