Transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries (Canada and Mexico) in October 2022: Total transborder freight: $133.8 billion of transborder freight moved by all...
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index improved in November to -7.94 despite a weakened freight rate environment. October’s -11.16 TCI reading had been the weakest since the April 202...
Sharp increases in fuel and financing costs coupled with an unfavorable trend in freight rates resulted in a major deterioration of financial conditions for trucking companies duri...
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) deteriorated in September to a -2.35 reading from a near-neutral -0.25 in August. Weaker freight rates and an end to the sharp drop in diese...
FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) fell in September into negative territory at -3.1 from a positive 5.0 in August. The freight environment was tougher for shippers in Septe...
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 0.3% in May from April, rising after ...
FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) continued to tumble in March falling to -23.1, the most negative reading ever for the index. This followed what had been the record low in F...
Freight shipped across the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico by all modes of transportation was valued at $112.5 billion in February 2022, down 1.1% from January 2022 ($113.7B) b...
FTR reports preliminary trailer orders surged in March to an impressive 36,200 units, +41% m/m and +29% y/y. Trailer orders for the past twelve months have totaled 252,000 units. M...