In “Carriers Hesitant to Add New Equipment,” Truckinginfo.com uses information from the Business Expectations Quarterly survey to assert that 56% of carriers expect to grow by adding new capacity from company-owned equipment rather than independent carriers. The article quotes managing TCP partners Richard Mikes and Lana Batts. Read the full article here.
March 26, 2010 -
Half of Carriers Plan to Add Capacity
March 18, 2010 -
Acquisitions Likely in Tough Economy
Commercial Carrier Journal Digital in their article “TCP Survey Shows One in Four Carriers Pondering Quitting” cites the recent TCP Business Expectations Survey. Managing Partners Lana Batts and Richard Mikes commented on the results agreeing that the industry is prime for a flood of acquisitions.
Read the full article here.
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.
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 16, 2009 -
Fourth Quarter Reflects Troubled Economy
Transport Capital Partners’ Managing Partners Lana Batts and Richard Mikes were quoted inBulk Transporter’s “Carriers facing cash squeeze as receivables drag: survey.” The article reports the findings of TCP’s fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey, which collects the insights and opinions of carriers nationwide in order to report on the state of the industry. Read the full article.
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.
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.
