Trucking Industry’s Freight Load for 2005 Reaches Record

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he U.S. trucking industry increased its share of the nation’s freight pool, hauling more goods than ever in 2005, American Trucking Associations reported Wednesday.

ATA’s American Trucking Trends 2005-2006, an almanac on U.S. trucking, reported that the trucking industry hauled 68.9% of the total volume of freight transported in the United States last year.

That equates to an all-time high of 10.7 billion tons and $623 billion in revenue, and representing 84.3% of the nation’s freight bill.

“These numbers show clearly that trucking is the driving force behind our great economy and a vital transportation link for domestic and international products,” ATA President Bill Graves said.

The report said that more than 26 million trucks of all classes played a part in reaching the forecast milestone. Of those, 2.7 million were typical Class 8 tractor-trailer combinations operated by 565,000 interstate motor carriers.

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