Gains continue for national truck tonnage index

"Freight tonnage hauled by American trucking companies during the first two months of 2011 is up 5.9%, despite a 2.9% dip in February’s Truck Tonnage Index.

The American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.9% in February after increasing a revised 3.5% in January 2011. In January, the index equaled 116.6. During December 2010 and January 2011, the tonnage index jumped a total of 6.1%."


--The City Wire