banks recently warned that the escalating trade tensions could ricochet through financial markets and hurt the world economy, warns FTR analyst Steve Graham. Avery Vise, vice president of trucking for FTR<

a European Unimog truck model that it stopped producing 15 years ago. “The trucking fleets will see it mostly in the aftermarket because of legacy components in the older equipment,” said Eric Starks, chief executive of FTR <em

to drivers, according to Avery Vise, vice president of trucking research at FTR Transportation Intelligence. Trucking companies weren’t

According to preliminary numbers from FTR, July orders for Class 8 trucks set a new monthly record, landing at 52,250 and pushing orders

trucks should be hitting the road soon. Right now, FTR data says active truck utilization has climbed back to 100 percent for the first time

this year, order volume of Class 8 trucks doubled from the same period a year ago: FTR Transportation Intelligence, which provided the

has been consulting on the freight market since 2008 and has provided insight and forecasts in the past for firms such as FTR and Schneider.

could ricochet through financial markets and hurt the world economy,” warns FTR analyst Steve Graham. “The rising tensions have made it more

FTR Reports North American Class 8 Orders for July Hit All-Time High

, and it’s stuck up there,” said Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles at FTR Transportation Intelligence in Bloomington, Ind. “

record 296,311 in the second quarter of this year, according to FTR Transportation Intelligence. The change was swift: In the fourth quarter

year, FTR says. Freight volume, tight truck and rail capacity and climbing rates have suppressed market conditions for shippers. “Shippers

edition of the Shippers Conditions Index (SCI), which was recently released by freight transportation consultancy FTR. FTR describes the SCI

looking good with their investments,” said Don Ake, commercial vehicles analyst for FTR, a transportation forecasting firm, of public and

could help ease their capacity challenges, a trend it has noted for the past several months. The research company FTR pegged the orders at

the "electrified powertrain" for the future. From FTR Data from Freight Transportation Research help to explain why the first quarter

, truck utilization is at 100 percent and freight rates are up. Avery Vise, as vice president for trucking research at FTR Transportation

June, U.S. trailer orders fell for the sixth month in a row with preliminary orders reported by FTR at 18,600 units. Trailer orders have now

levels.” For more than two decades, FTR has been the thought leader in freight transportation forecasting in North America. The company’s

– Trailer orders fell for the sixth straight month in June, in line with an expected summer slowdown, according to the latest data from FTR.