Turns out trucking activity in June was better than first anticipated but July was not quite as strong, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) report.
ATA announced this week trucking activity was down 1% in July after rising 1.5% in June, according to its advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index.
June has initially been reported as up just 0.1% in the month.
“Tonnage levels have been choppy recently, and this trend was reflected in July’s decline,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. “Aside from a couple pockets of strength, including the boom in data center construction for AI, freight has been lackluster. It is also true that the industry is seeing a recovery, but that is nearly all due to excess capacity leaving the market.”
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ATA reports its index clocked in at 113.5 in July, down from 114.7 in June. The index, which is based on 2015 as 100, decreased 0.5% from the same month in 2025, which was worse than June’s 1.2% gain.
Year-to-date, compared with the same period in 2025, ATA reports tonnage is up 1.4% due to robust year-over-year increases from February through April. The not seasonally adjusted index, which calculates raw changes in tonnage hauled, equaled 117 in July, 0.9% below June’s reading of 118.
