American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 2.1% in September

American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.1% in September after rising 1.7% in August. In September, the index equaled 113.2 (2015 = 100) compared with 115.6 in August. read more

OCT 25, 2024 - 6:56 am

A New Way for Small Carriers to Make Connections with Shippers

Patrick Gaskins

According to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), “trucks move roughly 72.6% of the nation’s freight by weight.” That reflects about 11.5 billion tons of freight in 2022. With numbers that large, you might think that truck fleets are predominantly big... read more

July 2024

Fitch: Modest Differences in Equipment Leasing Sectors

Fitch reported that the truck, container, railcar and aircraft leasing sectors share many common attributes, but there are some points of differentiation which can result in a more or less favorable credit view. read more

OCT 1, 2014 - 7:14 am