{"id":1675,"date":"2015-01-09T19:58:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/nafta-truck-freight-hits-record-high\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:52:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:52:02","slug":"nafta-truck-freight-hits-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/nafta-truck-freight-hits-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"NAFTA Truck Freight Hits Record High"},"content":{"rendered":"

The change in the value of U.S.-Canada freight moved by truck increased the most of any mode during October, growing 4.7% over the same period last year.<\/p>\n

Freight moved by air increased 1.7% and rail by 0.7%. Freight moved by pipeline decreased 2.6% and vessel fell 14.7%, mainly due to lower mineral fuel prices.<\/p>\n

\"m-bts001-15-01-1\"<\/a>Trucks carried 54.8% of the $58.6 billion of freight to and from Canada, followed by rail at 16.1%, pipeline at 12.8%, vessel at 4.9% and air at 4.5% The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 83.7% of the total U.S.-Canada freight flows.<\/p>\n

Overall, the amount of freight moved between the U.S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners of Canada and Mexico increased in October compared to the same time a year ago, hitting the highest level on record.<\/p>\n

New U.S. Transportation Department figures show it totaled $108.2 billion, 4.9% higher than during the same month in 2013, and is also 4.9% higher during the first 10 months of 2014 than during the same time period the previous year.<\/p>\n

The value of commodities moving by truck grew by the largest percentage of any mode, 7.2%. Airfreight increased 4.9% followed by rail at 2.4%. Pipeline and vessel shipments declined 1.2% and 7.6%, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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