weak for carriers, they appear at least to be stabilizing,” said Avery Vise, vice president of trucking at FTR. “Meanwhile, freight demand

of the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) from freight transportation consultancy FTR showed mild signs of improvement. According to FTR, a

will meet the demand of trucks,” said Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles for research firm FTR. “When that happens — and it is

after an overheated second half in 2018. FTR Transportation Intelligence reported preliminary trailer orders for July at 9,000 units, 68

2018, FTR said. “The July order volumes continue to demonstrate a possible return to normalcy in the equipment markets,” said Don Ake, FTR

to FTR, which cited data trailer makers will finalize soon. What the low volume means about the state of freight is up for debate, Don Ake,

weak for carriers, they appear at least to be stabilizing,” said Avery Vise, vice president of trucking at FTR. “Meanwhile, freight demand

trailer orders for July reached 9,000 units, according to FTR – up 61% from a woeful June but 68% below July last year. Trailer orders

remain weak for carriers, they appear at least to be stabilizing,” said Avery Vise, FTR vice-president, trucking. “Meanwhile, freight demand

to shippers that they can provide reliable service," said Todd Tranausky, vice president of rail and intermodal at consultancy firm FTR

to shippers that they can provide reliable service,” said Todd Tranausky, vice president of rail and intermodal at consultancy firm FTR

, more evidence that a trucking sector recession is taking hold, reports New York's FreightWaves. FTR Transportation Intelligence reported

year carrying into 2020," said Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles at transport research group FTR. Along with the employment

year carrying into 2020,” said Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles at transport research group FTR. Along with the employment

to demand for and transportation of goods was far weaker, according to an analysis by FTR Transportation Intelligence. FTR estimates that

linked to goods transportation was much weaker — just 0.5 percent on an annualized basis, says FTR. The goods transportation sector grew at

for the transportation industry, according to FTR.  “It’s a slow growth environment now, but it feels worse than that because the freight

vehicles at transport research group FTR. FTR, which tracks equipment purchases by freight transportation carriers, said orders for

and transportation of goods in the second quarter of 2019 remained weak despite an economic growth of 2.1%, FTR said Tuesday. The freight

y/y comparison. Class 8 orders for the past 12 months have now fallen to a total of 288,000 units. Jonathan Starks, FTR chief intelligence