FTR | State of Freight
State of Freight is a series of industry resources from FTR, the leader in market intelligence and forecasting for the North American freight transportation industry. FTR podcasts provide updates for the Trucking and Rail markets, as well as the broader economy. Each podcast includes a slide deck of graphs that can be used in presentations or for internal analysis. For show downloads and to signup for more State of Freight content, go to www.FTRintel.com/podcast.
FTR | State of Freight
Q&A — Key Issues in Transportation
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FTR | Eric Starks, Todd Tranausky, Avery Vise, Jonathan Starks
In this podcast, we follow up on unanswered questions from our Key Issues in Transportation webinar. In the webinar, we covered some of the most consequential issues affecting freight and how various outcomes could affect shippers, carriers, and brokers. This was a complimentary webinar and the full replay is now open to the public at www.FTRintel.com/KeyIssues.
Some of the topics discussed in this podcast include:
- Expectations for trucking and intermodal volume based on June's numbers.
- The share of Canadian rail grain movements vs US export opportunities.
- Overcapacity in the truck market and the Payroll Protection Programs influence.
- The breakdown of Consumer vs Industrial products in Intermodal shipments.
- How we are forecasting volume for trucking.
- Dakota Access Pipeline impacts for railcar utilization.
- And much more!