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Business
Where are truck and trailer orders headed?
In a Class 8 demand outlook at FTR’s Transportation Conference on Wednesday, Starks said utilization of equipment is about 90 percent right now, a few points above the mark that typically indicates fleet growth. “Anything about 85 to 88 percent suggests you need to be adding equipment into the fleet,” he said. “Things are still a little bit tight.”
September 17, 2015
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Business
Truckstop.com unveils ‘reinvented’ weekly Trans4Cast report on rates, conditions
The weekly report offers analysis of spot market conditions and rates. Trans4Cast is joint venture between Truckstop.com, who provides the data for the report, and FTR, who provides the analysis.
September 17, 2015
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Business
Capacity’s looser, for now — freight, e-log mandate to tighten market soon
Concern over the trucking industry’s trend of loosening capacity of late — and how it will impact rates and what it means for freight growth — may be slightly misplaced, said speakers at a panel Wednesday at the FTR Conference in Indianapolis.
September 17, 2015
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Business
FTR tidbits: A looming driver surplus?, truck OEM ‘arms race’ with automation, what e-log enforcement may look like and more
Notes from FTR on vehicle automation, electronic log enforcement, driver acceptance of automatic transmissions and more.
September 17, 2015
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Business
Obama’s remaining 16 months could be busy ones for FMCSA, says former agency head
On the trucking regulatory front, “the next year should be fun,” said former FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg, taking a sarcastic jab at the looming regulatory onslaught carriers and others in the industry can expect in the coming year and a half. Sandberg spoke at FTR’s Transportation Conference on Wednesday in Indianapolis, where she gave an overview […]
September 16, 2015
FMCSA may face pressure in the coming months to push hard to publish regulations before President Obama’s second term ends, says former FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg.
Business
The recovery’s been good to trucking, but cycle may play out soon, says FTR’s Perry
Truck freight growth in recent years has outpaced the total economy’s growth by two to one on a percentage basis, but the realities of a late-recovery economic cycle may soon slow freight growth, FTR’s Noel Perry said Wednesday at FTR’s annual Indianapolis-held conference.
September 16, 2015
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