For-hire trucking index up

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For the Record

American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted truck tonnage index increased 5.5 percent in February from a year earlier and 0.8 percent from January. February’s seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index followed a revised 3.1 percent increase in January.

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