Freight News

FTR Shippers Conditions Slightly Less…

FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) in March dipped to a reading of 4.5 from the previous 5.1 reflecting slightly less favorable overall conditions. For only the third time sin...

North American Transborder Freight up…

Total Transborder Freight by Border in February 2023, Compared to February 2022: Transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries Canada and Mexico: Total transbor...

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index Was…

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index showed substantial improvement in January, rising to a -1.71 reading from December’s -6.1. Stronger freight volume and rates partially offset we...

North American Transborder Freight up…

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 Was…

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...

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for…

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 Deteriorated…

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 Decline…

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...

Freight Transportation Services Index Rose…

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 ...