Trucking set freight milestone in '06: Industry hauled two-thirds of U.S. goods, ATA says

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The U.S. trucking industry in 2006 hauled more goods than ever before in a single year, the American Trucking Associations reported. ATA's American Trucking Trends 2007-2008 reports that the trucking industry hauled 69 percent of the total volume of freight transported in the United States in 2006. This equates to an all-time-high carrying load of 10.7 billion tons, and USD645.6 billion in revenue, representing 83.8 percent of the nation's freight bill. "Americans should understand that their national economy is directly linked to freight transportation," says Bill Graves, ATA president and chief executive officer.