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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.

 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Carriers Shifting to a More Aggressive Tractor Replacement Plan

The fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey was cited in a recent article by Transport Topics about a 148% gain in truck orders. The survey showed that many carriers are “shifting to a more aggressive tractor replacement plan.” TCP partners were in the article, to read click here.

Capacity Lagging Behind Fleet Expansion

Today’sTrucking.com covers how according to TCP’s recent survey, capacity is lagging behind fleet expansion. Read more.

Good News for Truck Manufactorers

TheTrucker.com highlights the good news for truck makers. The recent TCP survey shows that forty percent of responding carriers said that they would acquire (or replace) more than 10% of their fleet. Read more.