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 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 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 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.
