Todd Tranausky was asked: "Consumption is up. What are the contributing factors and how does it relate to intermodal?"
Todd Tranausky was asked: "Consumption is up. What are the contributing factors and how does it relate to intermodal?"
Tags: railcar, Freight, intermodal, Rail
Don Ake discusses what is clogging the commercial vehicle pipeline.
Tags: Truck and Trailer, supply chain, Class 8, commercial vehicle
Don Ake and Eric Starks were posed with the question, "Will the Suez Canal cause further disruptions?"
Tags: imports, supply chain, commercial vehicle
Todd Tranausky discusses the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger and whether it will result in any service disruption.
Tags: railcar, intermodal, Rail, merger, railroad, service disruptions
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
Todd Tranausky was posed with the question, "Can railcar recover without a significant increase in utilization?"
Tags: railcar, cube covered hopper, utilization, open-top hopper, coal, sand, scrap
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