the industry adjusts to the softer freight environment. FTR expects sales volume to drop more than 20% in 2020. Don Ake, vice president of

Preliminary U.S. Class 8 truck retail sales totaled 28,200 units last month, according to FTR – 4% higher than the previous record from

back in October and November as the industry adjusts to a softer freight environment. FTR expects sales volume to drop by more than 20% in

back in October and November as the industry adjusts to a softer freight environment. FTR expects sales volume to drop by more than 20% in

2 identifies modal market share as FTR experts Tod Tranausky      and Avery Vise calculate it from their proprietary freight data base. On a

uncertainty." Don Ake, FTR vice president, commercial vehicles, says trucking fleets "are nervous. Freight growth continues to ease back.

spite of the fact that Class 8 interest was up month to month, it was down 72 percent year over year, FTR reports. Class 8 requests keep on

are cutting off that hiring pipeline as freight demand softens, said Avery Vise, FTR's vice president of trucking. "They overshot things a

down 71% from a year ago, according to preliminary estimates by FTR Transportation Intelligence . It was the 11th month in a row of year-

of the manufacturing economy. ACT Research pegged September Class 8 orders at 12,600 units. FTR Transportation Intelligence counted 12,100

10,000-13,000 units. Class 8 orders for the past 12 months have totaled 214,000 units. Don Ake, FTR vice president commercial vehicles,

Bloomington, IN - FTR reports preliminary North American Class 8 orders for September at 12,100 units, up 13% m/m but down 72% y/y. Class 8

data-packed day of the FTR Annual Conference. The meeting, fittingly enough with its focus on all freight transportation modes, was held

Freight transportation consultancy FTR reported this week that the most recent edition of the Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) remained in

loss in emergency situations, the companies said. Eric Starks, CEO of transportation intelligence agency FTR, said the joint venture is a

, said Todd Tranausky, a Houston-based rail expert with transportation consultancy FTR. With truckers and railroads battling to move freight

freight environment with the industrial sector flat or worse, but consumer spending still healthy. Freight rates were firmer in July, according to FTR

FTR Last month’s FTR Trucking Conditions Index for July, show that lower diesel prices had offset the effects of lower capacity utilization

if we look at the economy and freight cycles, we already knew that,” said Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles at FTR. “So then it