BTS Says Freight Carriage in U.S. in May Remains Unchanged From April
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry remained unchanged in May from April, after a one-month rise, according to the latest Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). The May 2012 index level (109.6)…
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was 16.3 percent above the April 2009 low during the recession. BTS reported that the level of freight shipments in May measured by the TSI, 109.6, declined 3.8 percent from the level of December 2011 (114.0), which was the all-time high since 1990 when BTS’ TSI records began.