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Truck tonnage
Down 10.4 percent*
Even so, July was the best year-over-year showing since February and better than June’s 13.6 percent drop. June’s contraction was the largest year-over-year decrease since the recession began.
Truckloads by trailer type**
Flatbed -26.8% Tank -22.3% Dry van -22% Refrigerated -1.8%
Less workin' on the railroad
Railcar loads
Down 17.5 percent*
July marked the ninth straight month that U.S. railcar loads declined by double digits over the same month the year before, but the July decline was smaller than in April, May or June. Intermodal traffic down 18 percent.
Carloads by commodity*
Agriculture, food products -13.3% Chemicals -13.7% Coal -9.9% Lumber and wood -36.7% Metallic ores -48.5% Motor vehicles & parts -37.5% Crushed stone, gravel, sand -25.8%
* Change from July 2008 to July 2009 ** Year to date through June Sources: Source: American Trucking Associations, Association of American Railroads
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