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
Rail Q&A with MARS — Mixed Signals in The Economy & Freight Markets
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FTR | Stefan Loeb, Eric Starks, Todd Tranausky
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In this podcast, the FTR Experts are joined by the Stefan Loeb of the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers to answer questions from our joint webinar, Mixed Signals: Making Sense of What the Economy and the Freight Markets are Telling Us. The replay from this webinar is available now at www.FTRintel.com/MARS.
Some of the topics discussed in this podcast include:
- Lumber demand.
- Intermodal congestion on the west coast.
- Rightsizing, service, PSR, and predictability.
- Car Supply vs scrapping.
- Railcar build rates vs orders.
- Expectations for an election year in the time of Covid-19.
- And much more!
A full transcription from this podcast is available on the FTR Blog: https://www.ftrintel.com/blog/qa-railsignals/