FTR reports North American Class-8 orders for October continued to surge, registering at 43,000 that month. ACT Research’s numbers show 43,600 Class 8

in April, according to the Trucking Conditions Index by FTR, but remained in negative territory. FTR reports the rate environment continues

%. Class 8 orders for the past 12 months now total 360,000 units, according to FTR. ACT Research’s initial data show 10,800 Class 8 orders

,” said Eric Starks, CEO of FTR. “Either we lose this freight, see increased costs, or both.” Using the Freight•cast forecasting model, FTR

, according to research group FTR. Schneider National Inc., a large trucking company based in Green

imports raise important questions,” said Eric Starks, chairman and CEO of FTR. “Either we lose this freight, see increased costs, or both.”

questions,” said Eric Starks, chairman and CEO of FTR. “Either we lose this freight, see increased costs, or both.” FTR estimates that

%. Class 8 orders for the past 12 months now total 360,000 units, according to FTR. ACT Research’s initial data show 10,800 Class 8 orders

“the lowest volume for Class 8 orders since July 2016 and the weakest month of May since 2009,” FTR said in the statement (data via FTR):

truck even though it has a smaller portion of overall crossborder freight,” said Eric Starks, chairman and CEO of FTR. The U.S. goods trade

that last year’s order surge began, said Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles at FTR Transportation Intelligence. “The 2019 order

analyst, said. Just 7,035 Class 8 orders were recorded in July 2016. FTR reported nearly identical numbers for Class 8 at 10,400 units, 29

Potential Impact to Grow WIth Time Avery Vise, vice president of trucking research for FTR Transportation Intelligence, noted that we still

offsetting continued solid, but not robust, freight demand,” said Avery Vise, vice president of trucking for FTR. “We generally expect this

(SCI) from freight transportation consultancy FTR remained in positive territory for the sixth consecutive month. FTR describes the SCI as

weaker trucking capacity utilization than they experienced in 2018," explained Todd Tranausky, vice president of rail and intermodal at FTR.

weaker trucking capacity utilization than they experienced in 2018,” explained Todd Tranausky, vice president of rail and intermodal at FTR.

was 14,500 orders for the month; while FTR estimates even fewer orders. The 13,200 trailer orders reported by FTR is 40% fewer than the same