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Second consecutive year the US trucking industry hauled over $700B

By August 10, 2016April 6th, 2023No Comments

Last year marked the second year that the trucking industry in the U.S. has hauled above the record of $700 billion in freight. Last year, the record was $726.4 billion, according to American Truck Trends.

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It’s an all-time record for the industry and indicates that 2015 was a good year. Trucking collected $726.4 billion in gross freight revenues, 81.5% of the nation’s freight bill last year.

In 2015, trucks carried over 10 billion tons of freight, and there were 3.63 million Class 8 trucks in operation.

Will the industry top the record for a third year? Stay tuned.

Truck News, July 2016, American Trucking Associations (ATA)