Weak freight rates continue to reduce carriers’ willingness to invest in equipment, resulting in low trailer orders and high cancellations in January, according to ACT Research. read more

FEB 26, 2024 - 5:43 am

September’s preliminary net trailer orders increased sequentially, to 31,300 units, against a very easy August comp, and were notably higher compared to last September, up 19%, according to ACT Research. read more

OCT 18, 2023 - 6:00 am

According to ACT Research, January net U.S. trailer orders of 30,680 units fell more than 30% from the previous month but rose 105% compared with January of 2020. read more

FEB 23, 2021 - 6:24 am

ACT’s preliminary estimate for November indicates that trailer orders were down 39% from October’s volume, down 56% year over year and just under half year to date. read more

DEC 17, 2019 - 5:45 am

ACT Research’s preliminary estimate for December 2018 net trailer orders is 27,800 units. The industry set an all-time record for annual net orders in 2018. read more

JAN 17, 2019 - 6:45 am

According to an ACT Research report, total trailer net orders of more than 38K units were up 31% month/month and 142% better that this time last year. read more

SEP 26, 2018 - 7:15 am

According to ACT Research, U.S. trailer net orders rose 27% on a year-over-year basis in May. read more

JUL 3, 2018 - 2:05 pm

ACT Research’s preliminary estimate for September net trailer orders is 22,900 units. Final September volume will be available later this month. read more

OCT 13, 2017 - 6:39 am

According to ACT Research, used Class 8 truck sales increased 1% month-over-month and 37% year-over-year while new and net trailer orders jumped 71% month-over-month. read more

DEC 21, 2016 - 6:18 am

Trailer net orders fell 25% month-over-month and contracted a staggering 50% year-over-year, according to the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research. read more

AUG 24, 2016 - 6:21 am

According to preliminary estimates from ACT Research, there were 9,950 U.S. net trailer orders in July, down 25% sequentially. read more

AUG 17, 2016 - 6:33 am

Trailer net orders in March, at 23,190 units, rose 12% over February, according to the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research. read more

APR 29, 2015 - 7:15 am

Trailer net orders in February, at 20,700 units, were down nearly 31% from January and off 30% year over year, according to ACT Research. read more

MAR 31, 2015 - 7:15 am

Transport Topics reported new trailer orders rose 18% in January from a year ago to 29,853 units, citing ACT Research. The total was the fifth highest in the past year. read more

FEB 27, 2015 - 6:48 am

Nearly 44,000 net orders were posted in December, the second strongest month on record for the trailer industry, according to the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research. read more

JAN 29, 2015 - 7:16 am