In an article about current trends in financing in the transportation industry, Heart Logistics quotes TCP partner Steven Dutro on his assessment of today’s credit environment in the industry.
Read the full article here.
February 1, 2010 -
Borrowing Costs Remain High in Sluggish Economy
January 11, 2010 -
Tech Acquisitions Up, Carriers Optimistic for 2010
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 4, 2010 -
Volumes Expected to Rise in 2010
Expediters Online reported their expectations for 2010 in “What Does 2010 Hold for Trucking,” and quoted Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) managing partners’ about executives’ expectation for freight volume to improve in the next seven to 12 months. Read the full article here.
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 31, 2009 -
Finding Capital Remains a Challenge in Slow Economy
The December issue of Arkansas Trucking Report, a publication of the Arkansas Trucking Association, quotes Steven Dutro, manaing partner for Transport Capitla Partners (TCP) and Jim Schnoes, director for TCP, in “Brother Can You Spare a Loan?” Dutro and Schnoes contribute insights about long-term survival of the recession for trucking companies. 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.
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.
August 18, 2009 -
Rates Drop to the Benefit of Brokers
The SupplyChain Digest article “As Truckload Rates Continue Freefall, Middlemen Actually See Margins Grow” quoted Lana Batts, a managing partner at Transport Capital Partner (TCP), about the economic outlook of the transportation industry this year. Many of Batts’ data has been collected via TCP’s quarterly Business Expectations Surveys. Read the full article.
May 5, 2009 -
The Trucking Industry Battles a Difficult Economy
The Iowa Motor Transportation Association (IMTA) featured an article by Richard Mikes, managing partner for Transport Capital Partners (TCP), in its Spring 2009 issue of its magazine Lifeliner. The article “Trucking in Turbulent Times” discusses the current condition of the transportation industry, advises carriers on ways to endure, and uses findings from TCP’s Business Expectation Survey conducted in February. Read the full article here.
