FTR Associates Company Profile

September 1, 2023 FTR’s June Shippers Conditions Index has taken a step back, dropping in June from May’s 8.6 reading, although it still remains strongly positive for shippers.

August 28, 2023 Conditions for truckers continue to deteriorate, giving shippers the upper hand in rate negotiations.

February 23, 2022 In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Eric Starks, Chairman & CEO of FTR Transportation Intelligence.

July 15, 2021 In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Logistics Management and Peerless Media Supply Chain Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Todd Tranausky, FTR Transportation Intelligence Vice President of Rail and Intermodal.

June 4, 2021 In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Avery Vise, Vice President of Trucking, for Bloomington, Ind.-based freight transportation consultancy FTR Transportation Intelligence.

August 6, 2018 A full season of trade summits, seminars, and conferences are being staged to provide advice on strategic direction in the coming year.

October 19, 2017 In this webinar our panel will discuss the new service challenges facing rail/intermodal providers and offer practical advice for how shippers can keep efficiency high and costs down.

October 3, 2017 Four of the nation’s foremost experts in the market help shippers better understand the current state of the nation’s ever-complex and competitive rail and intermodal network.

November 30, 2015 Like last month, the current state of affairs was presented in somewhat stark terms in the most recent edition of the Shippers Condition Index (SCI) recently issued by freight transportation consultancy FTR.

November 2, 2015 FTR said that the current SCI level continues to show the “moratorium” in truckload rate growth during the summer months, adding that it is expected that market conditions will become more difficult for shippers in 2016 en route to the expected negative impact regulations are expected to have on capacity, with the regulatory crunch expected to be in full effect in 2017.

June 23, 2015 With overall market conditions for shippers being largely viewed as difficult, the most recent edition of the Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) from freight transportation consultancy FTR is calling for more of the same in the coming months, even with signs of improvement in April, the most recent month which the report covers.

April 28, 2015 The big change to the operating environment comes in 2016 when numerous regulations in the pipeline start being implemented.

November 25, 2014 While truck capacity hasn't been as bad as we saw during last winter, it has remained tight and, as a consequence, rates have been elevated throughout the year.

June 19, 2014 While over-the-road capacity availability remains tight, the outlook is not quite as dire as it was earlier this year. That was a major theme in the most recent edition of the Shippers Condition Index (SCI) released this week by freight transportation consultancy FTR.

June 10, 2014 Strong industry fundamentals for the trucking sector appear to be intact, based on the most recent edition of the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) recently issued by freight transportation consultancy FTR.