ACT Research: Freight capacity decline likely to continue
The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index reflects the slowly progressing freight market recovery.
ACT Research: 2024 could see trucking recovery
Despite trucking demand remaining weak, ACT Research says imports and international data indicate positive trends in 2024.
ACT Research: For-Hire Trucking Index reflects recovering freight market
ACT Research says their survey data sows conditions are gradually moving in the right direction.
ACT Research: Trailer industry concerns shift toward demand
ACT says that November orders, despite the lower numbers, continued to show relatively healthy bookings.
ACT Research: Class 8 orders strong, particularly in Mexico
November Class 8 net orders, at 41,732 units, were up 28% year-over-year.
ACT Research says half of all commercial vehicles will be zero emissions by 2040
By 2027, eight states will have joined California in adopting Advanced Clean Trucks, resulting in moderate growth in adoption rates.
ACT Research recommends fleets plan 18 to 24 months ahead for behind-the-fence EV charging infrastructure
“Early adopters of battery-electric commercial vehicles experienced rather lengthy timelines to install EV charging infrastructure.”
ACT Research For-Hire Trucking Index shows capacity recovering
The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index, with November data, showed across-the-board increases. The ACT For-Hire Trucking Index is a monthly survey of for-hire trucking service providers. ACT Research converts responses into diffusion indexes, where the neutral or flat activity level is 50. “Led by better driver availability, the Capacity Index increased 6.1
Supply constraints lead ACT Research to cut forecasts
According to ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest, North America’s commercial vehicle industry is experiencing material capacity constraints that are dictating the speed at which the industry can produce for the rest of this year and next. The report, which combines proprietary ACT data and analysis from a wide variety of sources, paints a comprehensive
ACT Research For-Hire Trucking Index: Prices continue strongest-ever trend
The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, with May data, showed a slowing in volumes, strength in pricing, and a sharp decline in the supply-demand balance. Kenny Vieth, ACT Research’s president and senior analyst commented, “Consistent with some consumer-related macro softness as well as the deceleration in DAT’s load-to-truck ratios from the beginning to
