Heavy Duty Trucking quoted Lana Batts and Richard Mikes, managing partners for Transport Capital Partners (TCP), in two articles in its January 2010 print publication. “Trucking technology company consolidation is a trend” quotes Batts as saying more “wallet share acquisitions” are likely to increase in the transportation industry during the next few years. “Survey: Carriers optimistic, but still feel cash pinch” reports the findings of TCP’s fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey, quoting both Mikes and Batts about the outlook trucking companies reported in the past three months. Read the full article here.
January 11, 2010 -
Tech Acquisitions Up, Carriers Optimistic for 2010
January 2, 2010 -
Positive Outlook for Rates and Volumes in 2010
Logistik News, a German online news publication for the transportation industry, posted the article, “Trucking news: Transport Capital Partners survey shows an optimistic outlook heading into 2010” from Logistic Management. The article reports on Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey and its hopeful look for the New Year to see increases in rates and volumes for carriers. See the posting here.
December 29, 2009 -
One-Fifth of Carriers Contemplate Selling in Near Future
Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) Managing Partners Lana Batts and Richard Mikes are quoted in TruckingInfo’s “Fleet Equipment Purchase Plans Stabilize” about results from the firm’s fourth-quarter Business Expectations Survey. Results show that carriers are stabilizing on fleet replacement, with a pre-buy unlikely and more interest in buying and selling shown this quarter than previous months. Read the full article.
December 29, 2009 -
Carriers Anticipate a Long Recovery
SupplyChainBrain posted a summary of an article on TodaysTrucking that quotes Richard Mikes and Lana Batts, managing partners for Transport Capital Partners (TCP), about the results of the fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey. “40 Percent of Truckers Don’t See Upturn Until 2011” reports that the outlook for volumes and rates has increased, but carriers still hesitate to say conditions will return to “normal” in 2010. Read the full article.
December 22, 2009 -
One in Eight Carriers Consider Calling It Quits
Today’s Trucking’s “Cash Shortage Still Squeezing Trucking” reports on results from Transport Capital Partners’ fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey. Among other statistics, the survey showed that due to cash shortages, one in eight carriers have given serious consideration to leaving the industry if rates do not improve soon. Read the full article.
December 14, 2009 -
Fourth Quarter Shows Optimism Among Carriers
Motor Carriers of Montana, a trade association dedicated to the furtherance of the trucking industry’s goals and interests in Montana and the United States, included a full report on results from Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) fourth-quarter Business Expectations Survey. The survey indicated that carriers’ optimism for better rates in 2010 has increased in comparison with expectations in the third quarter of this year. Read the full newsletter.
December 11, 2009 -
Volumes and Rates Expected to Increase in 2010
Transport Capital Partners (TCP) Managing Partners Richard Mikes and Lana Batts were quoted extensively in Today’s Trucking article titled “U.S. trucking upturn won’t happen until ’11.” Mikes and Batts discuss the results of TCP’s quarterly Business Expectations Survey and their expectations for the trucking industry in 2010 and 2011. Read the full article.
September 11, 2009 -
Recovery Among Freight Carriers Likely to Be Sluggish
Today’s Trucking quoted Richard Mikes, managing partner for Transport Capital Partners, in “Truck analysts say climb back from recession will be slow.” The article included results from TCP’s Business Expectations Survey, conducted quarterly, about equipment purchasing and fleet acquisitions in the current economy and other state-of-the-industry topics. Read the full article.
September 11, 2009 -
TCP Survey Reflects Cautious Optimism
An article on TheTrucker.com, “TCP Survey: ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’ for Trucking,” quotes both Lana Batts and Richard Mikes, managing partners for Transport Capital Partners (TCP), about their findings through the quarterly Business Expectations Survey the firm conducts. Read the full article.
June 15, 2009 -
Fleet Owners Optimistic, But Wary of Low Rates
Transport Capital Partners (TCP) was featured in Transport Topics in the article “Optimism Grows Among Fleet Owners about Economic Recovery, Survey Finds.” The article gave full coverage to TCP’s second quarter Business Expectations Survey findings, released in early June. Read the full article.
