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FTR Reports August Preliminary Class 8 Net Orders Similar to July

Nashville, IN (September 3, 2010) FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing August Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEM’s at 12,337 units, a 8.3% increase over the previous month’s net orders and 16.8% better than August 2009.

FTR "State of Freight" Webinar Replay Now Available

The FTR "State of Freight: The Uncertain Recovery - N.A. Freight Transportation Update and Outlook" webinar was hosted on July 23, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Replay is now available.

FTR Reports Significant Increase in Class 8 Orders for June

Nashville, IN (July 7, 2010) FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing June Class 8 truck total net orders for all major North American OEM’s at 15,667 units, a 20.5% increase over the previous month net orders and 90.8% better than June 2009.

Freight Model: Commodities

FTR’s Input/Output model of freight transportation tracks 209 unique commodities. We move these commodities into over 70 different modal sectors. Our model also gives us the ability to create specialized groupings of data so you can see aggragate numbers instead of searching thru a mind-boggling array of data. Some of our standard summaries are:

Length-of-Haul:
- Short, Medium, Long
Type of Good:
- Raw, Processed, Manufactured
Trailer Types:
- Dry Van, Reefer, Platform, Dump, Tank, Straight Truck, All Other
Railroad Groups:
- Agriculture, Chemicals, Coal, Forest, Metallic Ores, Motor Vehicles, Nonmetallic Minerals, All Other
Let us create your own summary groups to deal with your business needs
View all of our commodities, modes, and sectors (.pdf)

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