Todd Tranausky discusses the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger and whether it will result in any service disruption.
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, "Does the spot market “truck loads” mean how many times a truck was loaded with goods whether the truck was partially or fully loaded before it shipped? If yes, I’m trying to understand how this is possible given there is nowhere near a 150% increase in available trailers vs. a year ago. Also, I thought drivers were a constraint as well."
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, "What is the impact of spot rate increases/decreases on a company revenue profile? We are getting conflicting views. Does a 30% increase in spot rate means a 30% increase in revenue. In other words, how should we incorporate spot market changes into our revenue assumptions."
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
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
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