Americas Commercial Transportation (ACT) Research, Co., LLC is the recognized leading publisher of commercial vehicle (CV) industry data, market analysis and forecasting services for the North American market.
ACT Research released its monthly Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest, which collects data such as for-hire indices, freight, heavy- and medium-duty segments, the U.S. trailer market...
“Year-to-date net order volume of just over 102k trailers, up 164% versus last year, gives us a better metric that indicates fleet equipment demand remains strong,” said Frank...
The monthly 56-page report provides three-year forecasts for volumes and contract rates for the truckload, less-than-truckload, and intermodal sectors of the transportation industry...
The current order-to-build lag more than doubles traditional ranges for backlog-to-build ratios, says Kenny Vieth, president and senior analyst, ACT Research.
ACT Research shows that Preliminary North American Class 8 net orders in November were 51,900 units – 33 percent higher than October and 197 percent higher than November of last...
Class 8 orders topped 40,000 units for a third consecutive month in December at 44,060, and classes 5-7 orders reached their highest monthly volume since 2008 at 22,964 units....
Over the past 12 months, NA Classes 5-8 net orders have totaled 583,200 units, representing the strongest 12-month period of NA Classes 5-8 order placement since the twelve months...
Medium and heavy duty classes 5-8 orders were at healthy levels again in September. Total net orders for Class 8 were 24,842 units, up 31 percent year over year
Demand for commercial vehicles remained healthy in September as 43,300 total NA Classes 5-8 orders were booked, up 21 percent from a year ago and basically unchanged since August...
