Items Tagged with 'FTR'

August Shippers Conditions Index fell to its first negative reading since last October

Forecast follows rosy Shippers Conditions Index figure for April, FTR says.

FTR report shows freight demand is just strong enough to keep most drivers employed but not fully utilized.

Firm forecasts gradual deterioration of shippers’ advantage over transportation providers in 2024.

Freight market hit by weaker freight rates and volume, overwhelming slight improvements in utilization and fuel costs, firm says.

Trucking freight volumes and rates declined again in February, but cycle should bottom out in the next couple of months, firm forecasts.

Goods transport sector saw third straight quarterly drop in fourth quarter, with outlook of “little to no growth” through most of 2023.

Trucking market endures weak fourth quarter, but ends on positive note for the full year, ATA says.

Pricing power shifted to shippers in 2022, but equipment demand is still “red hot,” ACT Research says.

Truck manufacturers are keeping order sheets small to avoid production snarls and backlogs, FTR and ACT say.