What Did Truck Tonnage in February Look Like?
The month of February saw a 3% gain in truck tonnage, according to American Trucking Associations (ATA).
The ATA’s seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was 115.2, which is an increase from 111.9 in January, their report indicates. On a non-seasonally adjusted front, the index was 104.8, a decrease from January (110).
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said (link: https://www.trucking.org/news-insights/ata-truck-tonnage-index-jumped-3-february ), “some of the gain in February was due to accelerated imports early in the year as shippers rushed to bring products into the U.S. before tariffs hit.”
The Cass Freight Index (link: https://www.cassinfo.com/freight-audit-payment/cass-transportation-indexes/february-2025 ), which also measures freight activity, showed February up 10.5% month-over-month, but a decrease of 5.5% from February 2024. Like ATA, Cass attributed some of these gains to the front-loading of shipments due to looming tariffs.
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