On June 1, the All Japan Trucking Association and the Japan Freight Transport Cooperative Federation announced that the contracted freight rate index for May on the freight matching information network (WebKIT) was 137 (an increase of 3 points compared to the same month last year).
As of the end of March, the number of vehicle requests was 182,315, an increase of 1309 (1.0%) compared to the same month last year.
<Trends in the contracted freight rate index (monthly), with April 2010 set as 100>
WebKIT/June contracted fare index increased 3 points year-on-year to 134
