In May of 2011, almost 80% of carriers surveyed expect business volumes to increase but this number shrank down to only 48% of carriers in TCP’s recent survey. Both Batts and Mikes were quoted in TruckingInfo.com’s article. Read the full article here.
September 21, 2011 -
Number of Carriers Expecting Business Volumes to Increase is Down
June 16, 2011 -
Survey Places Carriers “In the Driver’s Seat” Over the Year Ahead
Fleet Owner reports on TCP’s recent Business Expectation Survey and that trucking looking up over the next year. Read the full article.
June 15, 2011 -
Carrier Expectations Still Strong
TruckingInfo.com reports on TCP’s second quarter Business Expectations Survey that found that carrier expectations are still strong with more than 80 percent of carriers expecting volume increases in the next 12 months. Read the full article.
June 15, 2011 -
Eighty Percent of Carriers Expecting Volume Increases
Automotive World: The recent Second Quarter Business Expectations Survey from Transport Capital Partners (TCP) has reported that more than 80% of the US freight hauliers/carriers responding were expecting volume increases… Read the full article.
May 5, 2011 -
Nation’s Leading Shipping Executives Didn’t Get to the Top by Accident
In an article from DC Velocity, the recent TCP survey is quoted. The nation’s leading shipper executives didn’t rise to the top of their profession by accident. It took resourcefulness and determination, honed by decades of experience and results, to get to where they are. Read the full article.
April 25, 2011 -
Carriers Are Reducing Their Reliance on Brokers
“Carriers going without brokers” according to FleetOwner.com which quotes TCP on the recent survey in 2011. Read more.
February 10, 2011 -
Where is the Industry Headed?
TCP Partners, Lana Batts and Richard Mikes, discuss where the trucking industry is headed in an annual report covering the current industry trends. Some of the topics covered include drivers, equipment, and capacity. Read the full paper.
December 20, 2010 -
Carriers Anticipate Continued Capacity Constraints
Transport Topics reviews two recent TCP surveys that indicate a slowing in freight demand as well as “continued capacity constraints.” TCP’s fourth quarter Business Expectations survey showed that 34% of the fleets surveyed are planning to add equipment in the next 12 months but this is primarily replacement of aging equipment. To read more about TCP’s recent survey and industry trends such as driver additions, click here.
December 16, 2010 -
Carriers Worried About Labor Shortages
Truckinginfo.com covers the recent survey conducted by TCP which shows that carriers are worried about labor shortages. Read more.
December 15, 2010 -
Issues Carriers Will Face in 2011
Fleet Owner cites the recent TCP Business Expectations Survey in its article geared towards the issues that carriers will face in 2011. These issues include driver shortages and small fleet survivability. Read the full article here. Read more.
