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ACT Research notes a slump in For-Hire Trucking Index

The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, showed volume, productivity, and the supply-demand balance all declined in September. The ACT For-Hire Trucking Index is a monthly survey of for-hire trucking service providers. Concerning volume, Tim Denoyer, Vice President & Senior Analyst at ACT Research, commented, “It’s getting choppier out there, with more variance between freight data sets.

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ACT Research: Strong September preliminary US trailer net orders; 2023 order board filling fast

Preliminary reports show that net trailer orders in September were 25,700 units, up about 45% from August, but around 10% lower than the same month last year. Final September results will be available later this month. This preliminary market estimate should be within +/-3% of the final order tally. ACT Research’s State of the Industry: U.S.

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ACT Research: September Class 8 orders highest monthly total ever

Preliminary NA Class 8 net orders in September were 53,700 units, while NA Classes 5-7 net orders were 26,600 units. Complete industry data for September, including final order numbers, will be published by ACT Research in mid-October. “The strength in orders reflects OEMs’ having fully opened their orderboards for 2023 a bit earlier than normal,

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ACT Research’s Class 8 Tractor Dashboard rises after four negative months

According to ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest, the top line on the Class 8 Tractor Dashboard improved in July to a neutral -2 reading, closing out four consecutive months of moderately downbeat readings.  The report, which combines proprietary ACT data and analysis from a wide variety of sources, paints a comprehensive picture of trends impacting transportation

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Despite likely inbound recession, factors continue to dull sharp truck downturn

According to ACT Research’s latest release of the North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook, forecasts this month are essentially unchanged from last month. Demand remains healthy, production remains constrained by supply-chain disruptions and tight labor markets, and freight rates and volumes managed to squeeze out small improvements. “We’re hardly at the ‘edge of the cliff’ stage when it

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ACT Research For-Hire Trucking Index: Volume and productivity looking up

The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, showed volume and productivity up, with the Supply-Demand Balance in July rising as the increase in volumes outweighed the increased in capacity. “The Volume Index stabilization this month coincides with better retail activity in response to significant discounts and a considerable drop in fuel prices, relieving some of

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ACT Research’s Class 8 Tractor Dashboard unchanged in June, remains downbeat

According to ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest, the top line on the Class 8 Tractor Dashboard was unchanged in June, the fourth month of moderately downbeat readings. “Our interpretation is a gradual erosion for Class 8 market demand in the second half, but no ‘spiral down’ and certainly not a ‘cliff event’,” said Kenny Vieth,

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Trailer demand remains strong; manufacturer’s endure supply-chain issues

July net US trailer orders of 16,997 units were 33% lower compared to last month, but more than 103% above the year-ago July level, according to this month’s issue of ACT Research’s State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers report. “OEMS continue to negotiate with fleets, but with some 2023 orderboards opened in June, those efforts quickly moved

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Recession is now ACT Research’s base-case scenario for 2023 forecasts

In the release of its Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest, ACT Research reported that its analysts have updated their forecast scenarios to include a recession in 2023. “We have revised our economic forecasts and are now modeling a recession in the first half of 2023, although flat (0.0%) for full-year 2023,” said Kenny Vieth, president and senior analyst,

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ACT Research Class 8 tractor dashboard still downbeat

ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest, the top line on the Class 8 Tractor Dashboard was unchanged in May, the third month of moderately downbeat readings. “Our interpretation of the recent Tractor Dashboard reading is a gradual erosion of Class 8 market demand into the second half of 2022, but no ‘spiral down’ and certainly not

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