FTR's truck utilzation number shows we're no longer seeing the tight capacity that has kept rates high. FTR's current forecast for truck loadings is essentially running flat. That could be revised ...

Fluctuating tariffs, especially on Chinese imports, are creating volatility in trade and complicating long-term planning for freight and manufacturing sectors. Despite early-year strength, freight ...

Market conditions for trucking companies stayed in positive territory in June, but weakened from May, according to FTR’s monthly Trucking Conditions Index (TCI). The TCI fell to 0.95 in June from ...

33rd Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends: Puzzling path forward Logistics professionals navigating their path forward face challenging market conditions, an evolving regulatory ...

MARCO ISLAND, Florida—Freight markets and the related equipment demand have bottomed out, but recovery will be slow, a transportation forecaster told trailer dealers here Thursday. But the good news ...

J.P. Transport independent owner-operator John Penn's taken comfort in spot-rates and -demand improvement reflected in the big run-up over the holidays reported in recent weeks. Late last week he was ...

Although there is still a great degree of uncertainty about what 2023 will bring in trucking business conditions, analysts at FTR believe a major recession is unlikely. FTR's “State of Freight” ...

While this year may be a close copy of 2023 in terms of supply chain execution as it relates to e-commerce moves, forecasting is more precarious. The instability and conflict have no upside,… ...