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To give greater clarity to the entirety of the North American market data, ACT Research publishes the N.A. Classes 5-8 Vehicles by Country report. This is a monthly State of the Industry report that reviews the market statistics of Classes 5-8 trucks for the United States, Canada, and Mexico, allowing for greater granularity than in ACT's N.A. Classes 5-8 Vehicles report. Statistics reviewed in the N.A. Classes 5-8 Vehicles by Country report covers year-to-date and current month data, with views of industry performance, and export Classes 5-8 as well as monthly market indicators by country for Class 5 and Classes 6-7 chassis and Class 8 trucks and tractors: backlog, build, inventory, new orders, cancellations, net orders retail sales, Class 5 and Classes 6-7 segmented by Trucks, Buses, RVs, and Step Vans, Class 8 segmented by tractors with and without sleepers and trucks with and without sleepers. With a subscription comes access to various support materials via an online report dashboard at actresearch.net including:

1. PDF of Current Month Report 
2. Tables including:
   1. Classes 5-8 All Geographies
   2. Build & Sales Days per Month
   3. Monthly Market Indicators - U.S., Canada, Mexico, Export
3. Graph pack complete with 140+ graphs covering:
   1. Annual Statistics
   2. Annual Statistics N.A. Tractors, Straight Trucks
   3. U.S. Class 5, 6-7, 8
   4. U.S. Class 5-7
   5. U.S. Class 8 Tractors, Straight Trucks
   6. Canada Class 5, 6-7, 8
   7. Canada Class 8 Tractors, Straight Trucks
   8. Exports Classes 6-7, 8
   9. Exports Class 8 Tractors, Straight Trucks
   10. Mexico Classes 6-7, 8
   11. Mexico Class 8 Tractors, Straight Trucks
4. Glossary of Terms and Definitions

Topics: freight, freight rate, transportation, logistics, shipping, Classes 5-8, class 5-8 trucks, class 8 trucks, medium duty truck, commercial vehicle sales data, truck market, north american trucking, class 8 truck, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, trucking, heavy duty truck

Preliminary NA Classes 5-7 net orders in April fell to 7,600 units, down 69% compared to year-ago April and 50% below the March order intake. Complete industry data for April, including final order numbers, will be published by ACT Research in mid-May.

Topics: freight, logistics, Classes 5-8, Press Releases, class 5-8 trucks, supply chain, medium duty truck, commercial vehicle sales data, truck market, truck freight, north american trucking, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, heavy duty truck, class8

In the release of its Commercial Vehicle Dealer Digest, ACT Research reported that the North American commercial vehicle market, as well as the global economy, addressed the spiraling pandemic with shutdown announcements, but the report continued by preparing readers for the restarting phase to come.

Topics: CV Dealer Digest, Press Releases, class 8 trucks, medium duty truck, commercial vehicle sales data, truck market, north american trucking, class 8 truck, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, trucking, heavy duty truck

According to the latest release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks, published by ACT Research, used Class 8 same dealer sales volumes dropped just 1% month-over-month in March, with longer-term sales rising 5% year-over-year compared to March 2019, and 12% year-to-date. The report also indicated that used Class 8 average price, miles, and age in March were essentially unchanged compared to the previous month. Longer term, average price, miles and age all contracted year-over-year, as well as year-to-date, down respectively from the first three months of 2019 by 15%, 1%, and 7%.

Topics: Press Releases, Used Trucks, class 5-8 trucks, class 8 trucks, commercial truck report, medium duty truck, commercial vehicle sales data, truck market, north american trucking, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, used commercial truck, trucking, used truck values commercial, heavy duty truck

According to ACT Research’s recently released Transportation Digest, the pervasive negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a major downward shift on ACT’s views of the heavy duty market for 2020. However, the report also discusses what might happen next for the economy and by extension, the transportation industry.

Topics: freight, Press Releases, Transportation Digest, medium duty truck, commercial vehicle sales data, north american trucking, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, trucking, heavy duty truck

The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, with March data, showed further contraction for both volumes and freight rates, now at 42.4 and 43.2 respective diffusion index readings. Productivity, while neutral at 50.0, likely was supported by the temporary pantry-stocking phenomenon.

Topics: freight, freight forecast, freight rate, transportation, logistics, shipping, ACT For-Hire Trucking Index, Press Releases, commercial truck report, truck market, north american trucking, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, trucking, intermodal, truck freight rates, demand planning, us freight, commercial freight shipping, last mile delivery, freight rates

March net US trailer orders of 7.6k units were down 43% month-over-month and 51% below the previous year. Before accounting for cancellations, new orders of 13.2k were down 14% versus February, according to this month’s issue of ACT Research’s State of the Industry: U.S. Trailer Report.

Topics: logistics, Trailers, Press Releases, supply chain, commercial vehicle sales data, truck market, truck freight, north american trucking, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, trucking, commercial trailer, us trailer, trailer production, north american trailer, class8

According to ACT Research’s (ACT) latest State of the Industry: NA Classes 5-8 Report, truck transportation showed relatively strong performance on restocking activity into the end of March, making the month’s data largely transitional, rather than representative of activity expected in coming months. Additionally, the report noted that ACT Research has created an easily accessible webpage to track noteworthy high frequency macroeconomic and transportation-specific market indicators, which can be found at https://pages.actresearch.net/covid-19.

Topics: freight, logistics, Press Releases, class 8 trucks, supply chain, medium duty truck, commercial vehicle sales data, truck market, truck freight, north american trucking, class 8 truck, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, trucking, class8

Preliminary used Class 8 volumes (same dealer sales) contracted 8% month-over-month in 2020’s third month, according to the latest preliminary release of the State of the Industry: U.S. Classes 3-8 Used Trucks published by ACT Research. Longer-term, volumes rose 5% compared to March 2019, and grew 15% against the first three months of last year.

Topics: freight, Press Releases, Used Trucks, class 8 trucks, commercial truck report, medium duty truck, truck freight, north american trucking, class 8 truck, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, used commercial truck, used truck values commercial, heavy duty truck

According to ACT’s latest release of the North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK, the continued spread of COVID-19 over the past month has resulted in freefalling GDP assumptions, and by extension freight volumes, carrier profits and expectations for commercial vehicle demand.

Topics: freight, logistics, Press Releases, supply chain, medium duty truck, commercial vehicle sales data, truck market, truck freight, north american trucking, class 8 truck, american truck and trailer, commercial truck and trailer, transportation industry news, trucking, heavy duty truck, class8