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When freight picks back up and fleets start to struggle to fill previously parked trucks, fleets will be constrained by their ability to hire and train new drivers, according to FTR Associates' Driver Supply Update for May
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Truckload capacity will remain tight and rates high, but both may moderate somewhat as market forces come into play, according to FTR analysts. The ELD mandate is still a wild card, with the economy and tax reform playing a part as well.
Read More →FTR's Noel Perry discussed the role of regulatory shocks in capacity and freight rates, plus the economic backdrop to what's going on in the industry, in FTR's recent State of Freight conference call.
Read More →FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index for March eased from February’s level of -9.5 reading to a current reading of -7.3, indicating a slightly improved but still negative environment for shippers, which conversely means an improved environment for carriers.
Read More →To sum up the general economic outlook for the upcoming months in one sentence: More of the same for 2013 and then better in 2014. That is how FTR Associates Senior Consultant Bill Witte predicted the overall economy will be in the near future at the recent State of Freight Summit held by FTR.
Read More →FTR announced that it has cancelled its 2021 FTR Transportation Conference due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More →The trucking industry, at least for the short term, is experiencing good recovery, according to FTR Associates Senior Consultant Noel Perry. The recovery has maybe a year and a half or two years to go, he said during FTR's "State of Freight" webinar
Read More →FTR has appointed Avery Vise as its vice president, trucking research, responsible for the content of all trucking oriented reports, publications, and analyses.
Read More →FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing March Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEMs at 10,505 units
Read More →Jonathan Starks will replace Eric Starks as FTR CEO. Starks will be transitioning to chairman of the board.
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