Databases

The ACT Freight Database is a monthly updated database that includes key historical volume and pricing data for TL, LTL, railroads, air cargo, and port activity. A lot of freight data are widely available, so what’s in there that you may not have?

• Weekly rail volumes by railroad and AAR category back to 2000
• Monthly LTL tonnage for the public carriers since 2007
• Monthly container import and export activity from the top twelve North American ports
• Monthly truckload spot and contract market data covering dry van, refrigerated, and flatbeds since 2009

This information also informs the Freight Forecast, making it a great option in addition to that report.

Three big upgrades to the Freight Database as of March 2023:

1) New DAT Spot Volume Indexes, including Dry Van, Reefer, Flatbed, with an Aggregate by ACT based on trailer fleets.

2) Addition of LTL and Intermodal Producer Price Indexes, sourced from BLS, which are also forecasted in ACT's Freight Forecast.

3) New Definition page explaining all the Freight Database data sets.

The Publicly Traded Truckload Carriers Database is published quarterly and reviews the quarterly and annual financial information for 14* publicly traded carriers, as reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Publicly Traded Truckload Carriers Database also contains segment detail in cases where companies have more than one segment in order to compare operations as consistently as possible. Note that not all carriers report all statistics. Where necessary and possible, we have derived or modeled missing data points.

*Covenant, Daeske, Heartland, JB Hunt, Knight-Swift, Landstar, Marten, PAM, Schneider, Universal Truckload Service, USA Truck, US Xpress, and Werner.

The Publicly Traded Less-Than-Truckload Database is published quarterly and reviews the quarterly and annual financial information for 6* publicly traded less-than-truckload carriers, as reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Publicly Traded For-Hire LTL Carriers Database also contains segment detail in cases where companies have more than one segment in order to compare operations as consistently as possible. Note that not all carriers report all statistics. Where necessary and possible, we have derived or modeled missing data points.

*XPO Logistics, Old Dominion, Saia, ArcBest, Forward Air, and Yellow.

The ACT Research Economic Database is a quick track, one-stop report for over 100 U.S. economic data statistics that impact the commercial vehicle markets.

With this database, you will receive monthly and quarterly data charts for your ease of use. The database is released multiple times each month with new data releases sent directly to subscriber emails. Comparison information is broken down both quarterly and monthly in month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter, and year-over-year reports.