FTR Associates

2881 Grandma Barnes Road
Nashville, IN 47448
USA
812-988-1699
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FTR Associates is the industry leader in freight transportation forecasting. Currently our principal source of business is forecasting U.S. freight by mode of transportation, NAFTA commercial vehicle sales and production, U.S. trailer factory shipments, N.A. railcar deliveries and U.S. rail carloadings originated, intermodal loadings originated and tractor/trailer loads originated.

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September’s positive reading of 10.69 is up 2+ points from August and the third highest reading since January 2010.
The report indicates the highest level since November 2018, but still far below a year ago.
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FTR forecasts that the sharply improved December reading will not be sustained in 2019, with readings falling back to mid-single digital positive readings in January and moving...
The low order number was not entirely unexpected, as the great majority of fleets already have all their orders in for 2019, FTR reports.
Trailer order activity moderated in December after experiencing "tremendous levels" over the previous three months, FTR reports.

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December order activity was as expected, with fleets ordering to secure a dwindling number of available build slots in the second half of 2019.
Stabilizing truckload rates and a short-lived run up in diesel prices were largely responsible for a continued deterioration in trucking conditions during October.
The drop off in order activity was expected, as OEM’s have nearly filled their order boards for 2019.
Increasing capacity and productivity in truck and intermodal should impact shippers positively through next year.
Additional OEMs started taking orders for the second half of 2019 and their customers responded by placing orders to reserve future build slots.
Class 8 factory shipments are now forecast to be 350,000 units and commercial trailer production to be 310,000 units in 2019.
Trailer orders for the past twelve months have exceeded 400,000 units.
September Class 8 order activity was the 10th best month ever, but with most of 2018 hitting all time highs, was only the 5th highest monthly volume this year, FTR reports.
FTR says that although rates are still rising in the truckload sector, there are some signs of stability coming into the market for drivers, capacity and rates.
In the second half of the year, there will be some stabilization due to added capacity in the segment.
Fleets have started ordering trailers a couple months early to reserve build spots and lock in prices.
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Preliminary North American Class 8 orders for July hit an all-time high of 52,250 units, just surpassing the previous record of 52,194 orders in March 2006.