FTR Associates says 2010 Class 8 sales will be affected by the new EPA mandate, but says the amount of truck freight moving at year-end could be good news for truckers and suppliers
Read More →FTR Associates expects heavy-duty truck demand to fall in early 2010, after EPA 2007 engine inventory is exhauste
Read More →While this recession has been the longest and deepest we've seen in a while, the record shows that markets do recover after a bad recession, said Noel Perry, senior consultant at FTR Associates, during a webinar Friday morning
Read More →The FTR Trucking Conditions Index for October 2009 increased for the third consecutive month to -16.4, the highest reading since November 2008
Read More →"We really have reached a bottom, and that's a good thing." "We think the economy is starting to improve." These are just a few of the promising phrases listeners heard from Eric Starks, president of FTR Associate
Read More →The FTR Trucking Conditions Index rose slightly in August, but the index is still well below normal level
Read More →Despite recent news that several economic indicators are hitting a bottom, don't expect the freight market to make a sharp tur
Read More →FTR Associates has lowered its forecast for 2010 North American production of Class 8 trucks by 12 percen
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Continued over-capacity in the trucking industry impacted the FTR Trucking Conditions Index in May, which slid two point
Read More →FTR Associates, a transportation forecaster, has put its 2009 "Freight Transportation" conference on the radar screen for Aug. 25-27, with economic and transportation industry experts slated to speak
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