The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, showed the Supply-Demand Balance increased as volumes ticked up, and freight rates continue to decline. 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…

According to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3–8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research, used Class 8 retail volumes (same dealer sales) were down 19% m/m. Average mileage was flat, with average price down 2% and age up 5%, m/m. …

According to ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest, the top line on the Class 8 Tractor Dashboard slipped in September to a -4 reading, the sixth moderately downbeat reading in seven months. The Transportation Digest, which combines proprietary ACT data and analysis from a wide variety of sources, paints a…

October net US trailer orders of 47,860 units were 83% higher compared to last month, +57% on a seasonally-adjusted basis, and 171% above the year-ago October level, according to this month’s issue of ACT Research’s State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers report. ACT Research’s State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers…

ACT Research released the latest installment of the ACT Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate and Volume OUTLOOK report. Tim Denoyer, ACT Research’s Vice President and Senior Analyst, said, “While we lower truckload rate forecasts on supply factors, we believe the bottoming process is beginning as spot rates are now further below…

According to ACT Research’s (ACT) latest State of the Industry: NA Classes 5–8 report, current commercial vehicle (CV) market conditions continue to prove resilient in the face of aggressive interest rate hikes. …

Preliminary reports show net trailer orders in October were 46,750 units, up 82% from September, and 168% higher than the same month last year. Final October results will be available later this month. This preliminary market estimate should be within +/-5% of the final order tally. ACT Research’s State of…

Preliminary used Class 8 retail volumes (same dealer sales) decreased 10% month-over-month, and were 30% lower compared to October of 2021, according to the latest preliminary release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3–8 Used Trucks published by ACT Research. Other data released in ACT’s preliminary report included…

ACT Research recently announced its 68th OUTLOOK seminar, Driving Decarbonization: The Future of Commercial Vehicles, for February 21–23, 2023. The semi-annual event brings together ACT’s expert staff of analysts and economists with industry leaders to support planning and budgeting strategies for the road ahead. REGISTER NOW before prices increase on…