Trucking

The August reading of the ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index came in at 115.3 (2015=100), topping July’s 114.3 reading by 0.4% (July was upwardly revised), following a 0.5% July gain. Through the first eight months of 2025, ATA said that SA For-Hire Truck Tonnage is up 0.1%.

Austin, Texas-based Outpost, a national network of truck terminals, said that in partnership with GreenPoint, a real assets investment firm, announced the investment of additional capital, which now increases the scale of Outpost’s terminal platform to $1 billion.

The August shipments reading, at 1.017, fell 9.3% annually and was down 1.5% compared to July. And the August expenditures reading, at 3.135, fell 0.4% annually and were down 2.8%, from July to August.

Since hitting its 2025 high during the week ending July 21, the national average price of diesel nationwide is down 10 cents to around $3.76 a gallon according to the latest update from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The report observed that truckload (TL) activity accounted for 72% of second quarter broker activity, followed by Miscellaneous (which includes ocean, air, warehousing, and special services), at 14%, less-than-truckload (LTL), at 11%, and intermodal, at 3%.

With a 3.2-cent increase, the national average, for the week of September 8, came in at $3.766. following a 2.6-cent increase, to $3.734, for the week of September 1

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's announcement on new actions being taken to enforce English proficiency requirements for commercial truck operators were met by applause by American trucking interests.

ODFL reported that revenue per day was down 4.8% annually in August, driven by LTL tonnage per day falling 9.2%.

FTR reported that preliminary August Class 8 truck net orders, at 13,000 units, were up 4% compared to July and fell 14% annually, and ACT reported that preliminary August Class 8 orders, at 13,200 units, decreased 19% annually.

For June, the most recent month for which data is available, the SCI came in at -3.6, down from May’s -0.9, April’s -0.6, and March’s 0.1 readings.

CSX and BNSF officials said that these new intermodal services will provide immediate value for customers in various ways, including increasing flexibility and optionality, while delivering integrated service for freight moving across the U.S.

DAT observed that July truckload freight volumes were steady, due to summer seasonality being paced by produce and retail goods moving on the road prior to the July 4 holiday, adding that volumes saw a gradual decline over the balance of July.

The July reading of the ATA advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index came in at 113.7 (2015=100), a 0.6% gain on the heels of a 0.7% June decline.

This is the eighth facility it has opened in 2025, as well as its 36th service center in its Northeast footprint.

Fewer trucks chasing even less freight. That’s the mid-year summary of the $994 billion domestic trucking market.