Don Ake and Jonathan Starks discuss the outlook on the commercial vehicle market, including both heavy and medium-duty.
Don Ake and Jonathan Starks discuss the outlook on the commercial vehicle market, including both heavy and medium-duty.
Tags: trucking, commercial vehicle, CV Update, outlook
Don Ake and Jonathan Starks discuss the outlook for GDP and the truck freight market.
Tags: trucking, GDP, CV Update, Truck Freight
Don Ake and Eric Starks were posed with the question, "Will the Suez Canal cause further disruptions?"
Tags: imports, supply chain, commercial vehicle
Don Ake and Eric Starks were posed with the question, "We know the active portion of the fleet but do we understand the idle portion?"
Tags: trucking, Capacity Utilization, active utilization, idle trucks
The FTR Experts were posed with the question, "As demand shifts from goods to services, will there be a dropoff for goods?"
Avery Vise and Eric Starks were posed with the question, "How is FTR viewing the truckload rate environment, as you indicated 10% gains in truckload rates in 2021?"
Tags: trucking, Truckload Rates, Rate Environment
The FTR Experts were posed with the question, "Will the carrier preorder/overbuy of trucks and trailers outpace the demand for drivers in 2021 and hurt capacity??"
Tags: Capacity Utilization, Truck and Trailer, Drivers, spot market
The FTR Experts were posed with the question, "Is there anything railroads are doing to get volume into the system?"
Tags: Rail Volume, Rail, Volumes
The FTR Experts were posed with the question, "How do you see the supply chain issues and commodity prices impacting the recovery?"
Tags: supply chain, commodity
The FTR Experts were posed with the question, "With supply chains shifting to the current buying and service patterns, will a shift back to more services create another March/April like disruption event?"
Tags: Freight Volumes, services, disruption
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