The first two days of FTR's 18th Annual Transportation Conference will feature truck equipment- and truck freight-related tracks.
To keep Class 8 truck order backlogs in check, OEMs are booking orders a month at a time, just under current production rates.
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for November 2021 rebounded from October due to steadier diesel prices, and firmer freight volumes and rates.
Given the ongoing kinks in the global supply chain and the rise in domestic freight demand, OEMs won’t catch up with demand until 2023, according to FTR's Don Ake. That’s why FTR’s equipment outlook calls for pent-up demand to continue into 2022 — and possibly into 2023.
In place of FTR’s cancelled in-person 2021 Transportation Conference, FTR will host a virtual conference beginning Sept. 13.
Analysis by FTR shows that unemployment benefits were competitive. In 22 states, the median wage for a heavy truck driver exceeded maximum unemployment benefits by less than $5,000 a year.
FTR’s 17th Annual Transportation Conference will host two days of truck-specific content covering topics from the recent supply chain disruptions to the driver shortage.
The inventories-to-sales ratio traditionally has been a key indicator for assessing near-term transportation demand. Right now they're very lean, which usually is good news for trucking – but there's a catch.
A new index provides visibility on the state of the trucking market as anticipation of an economic restart grows.
North American Class 8 orders for January are down month over month but up year over year, according to both FTR and ACT Research. Following a consistent trend over the last four months of averages of 19,000 trucks, January totals dropped to 17,700 units. ACT reports show a similar drop in medium-duty.
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