market pressure. That's according to this snapshot from FTR Transportation Intelligence and Truckstop.com, showing Market Demand Index

seeing “enormous demand due to container and boxcar freight,” Avery Vise, vice president of trucking and research at FTR Transportation

including XPO, to ramp up tech investments in order to compete. Avery Vise, a vice president of freight research firm FTR Transportation

cautious about taking orders for next year’s build slots," FTR reports. FTR says its July preliminary order total was 17,000 units, down 28

to the shift in consumption into services instead of goods,” said Avery Vise, a vice president at freight research firm FTR Transportation

Update: Spot market metrics following fuel prices down | Meantime, the weekly spot market update from Truckstop.com and FTR Transportation

at its peak, but still higher than 6.6 in 2019, according to FTR Associates data. It’s the opposite problem from large retailers, which are

contract rates in today’s market. As the spot market cools , Avery Vise, vice president of trucking at FTR, believes that freight demand

they are sold out. No one orders any. The analogy by Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles for FTR Transportation Intelligence,

conductor or train engineer, takes several months, according to Todd Tranausky, vice president of rail and intermodal for consulting group

However, the May 2022 HDMA Pulse Survey produced by FTR Transportation Intelligence for the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association provided

for anyone moving freight through the port and rail supply chain,” said Todd Tranausky, vice president of rail and intermodal at FTR. “There

. Indeed, Croke at DAT described a railroad strike as “improbable.” FTR’s Avery Vise said a strike was “highly unlikely.” “However,” Vise

to onboard more equipment and drivers, although FTR Vice President of Trucking Avery Vise noted that likely wasn't the principle factor in

new carriers, which continues even now, though it's decelerating," said Avery Vise, VP of Trucking at FTR. "If you look back five years to

pressures on trucking conditions are largely history at this point,” said Avery Vise, FTR’s vice president of trucking. “The question now is

holding onto an enormous amount of fleet commitments for 2023,” said Don Ake, FTR vice president of commercial vehicles. “Unstable commodity

8 trucks are rising. At least one analyst—Charles Roth, analyst-commercial vehicles for FTR —thinks the number of orders for the most

.” A June 6 podcast featuring FTR Vice President of Trucking Avery Vise offered an accompanying graph showing that total hires in May

. The industrial sector accounts for a lot of freight activity, explained Avery Vise, FTR’s VP of trucking. “A recession is not welcome,

contributed to low employee numbers at the railroads today, said Todd Tranausky, vice president of rail and intermodal at forecasting firm

53-foot intermodal container fleet and highway services, including the company’s J.B. Hunt360box drop-and-hook trailer program. FTR is

carefully considering the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger Todd Tranausky, FTR vice president of rail and intermodal,

“There's no way around the idea that we're going to lose capacity,” said Avery Vise, VP of trucking for FTR . “There are going to be some

be given current production rates and backlog,” said Charles Roth, commercial vehicles analyst for FTR. “All things considered, it could be

up pace in June, setting a record. FTR's VP of Trucking Avery Vise, who is monitoring the FMCSA data, told FleetOwner that the failures

effects on the global marketplace. Also scheduled to present is Eric Starks of FTR Transportation Intelligence, a research firm focused on

whole, according to the weekly snapshot from Truckstop and FTR Transportation Intelligence. In the companies' weekly market commentary ,

in short supply and continue to limit production. Charles Roth, analyst-commercial vehicles for FTR, noted the June number is positive in

infrastructure." Avery Vise, vice president of trucking for FTR Transportation Intelligence, said that autonomous trucks are on the horizon