30 episodes

State of Freight is a series of industry resources from FTR, the leader in market intelligence and forecasting for the North American freight transportation industry. FTR podcasts provide updates for the Trucking and Rail markets, as well as the broader economy. Each podcast includes a slide deck of graphs that can be used in presentations or for internal analysis. For show downloads and to signup for more State of Freight content, go to www.FTRintel.com/podcast.

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    • 4.6 • 14 Ratings

State of Freight is a series of industry resources from FTR, the leader in market intelligence and forecasting for the North American freight transportation industry. FTR podcasts provide updates for the Trucking and Rail markets, as well as the broader economy. Each podcast includes a slide deck of graphs that can be used in presentations or for internal analysis. For show downloads and to signup for more State of Freight content, go to www.FTRintel.com/podcast.

    Rail Market Update - Week ending September 29, 2023

    Rail Market Update - Week ending September 29, 2023

    In this Rail Market Update: 
    Intermodal holds onto post-Labor Day gains.Economically- sensitive carload volumes help support carload volumes in the latest week. Many sectors have remained relatively stagnant. The Rail Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Vice President of Rail & Intermodal, Todd Tranausky.  As this information is presented, you are welcome to follow along and look at the graphs and indicators yourself by downloading the PDF of the presentation.

    Download the PDF: https://freight.ftrintel.com/rail-podcast 
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    • 22 min
    Trucking Market Update - Week beginning September 25, 2023

    Trucking Market Update - Week beginning September 25, 2023

    In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we discuss a milestone for pre-employment queries of the drug and alcohol clearinghouse and an unusual move in diesel prices. We also review key indicators of housing activity and recap the week in the spot market for truck freight.
     The Trucking Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Vice President of Trucking, Avery Vise. As this information is presented, you are welcome to follow along and look at the graphs and indicators yourself by downloading the presentation.

    Download the PDF: https://freight.ftrintel.com/trucking-podcast 
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    • 12 min
    Rail Market Update - Week ending September 22, 2023

    Rail Market Update - Week ending September 22, 2023

    In this Rail Market Update: 
    Intermodal shows first signs of life in a while out of the Labor Day holiday.Carload volumes jump out of the holiday on grain, and petroleum volume gains.The first sign of harvest starting to show up in the weekly numbers. The Rail Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Vice President of Rail & Intermodal, Todd Tranausky.  As this information is presented, you are welcome to follow along and look at the graphs and indicators yourself by downloading the PDF of the presentation.

    Download the PDF: https://freight.ftrintel.com/rail-podcast 
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    • 18 min
    Trucking Market Update - Week beginning September 18, 2023

    Trucking Market Update - Week beginning September 18, 2023

     In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we explore a range of key economic indicators, including manufacturing output, retail sales, inventories, and inflation at the consumer and producer levels. Plus, we recap the week in diesel prices and the spot market for truck freight.

     The Trucking Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Vice President of Trucking, Avery Vise. As this information is presented, you are welcome to follow along and look at the graphs and indicators yourself by downloading the presentation.

    Download the PDF: https://freight.ftrintel.com/trucking-podcast 
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    • 17 min
    Rail Market Update - Week ending September 15, 2023

    Rail Market Update - Week ending September 15, 2023

    In this Rail Market Update: 
    Intermodal traffic declines much more than typical seasonality for the Labor Day holiday. Overall carload’s decline was much more closely tied to typical patterns.Carload volumes will hopefully remain in their pre-Labor Day pattern entering the fourth quarter. The Rail Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Vice President of Rail & Intermodal, Todd Tranausky.  As this information is presented, you are welcome to follow along and look at the graphs and indicators yourself by downloading the PDF of the presentation.

    Download the PDF: https://freight.ftrintel.com/rail-podcast
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    • 18 min
    Trucking Market Update - Week beginning September 11, 2023

    Trucking Market Update - Week beginning September 11, 2023

     In this week’s episode of FTR’s Trucking Market Update podcast, we review revenues for the trucking industry during the second quarter and recap diesel prices and spot metrics in the latest week. Plus, we look at exports and imports of goods and at wholesale inventories in July.

     The Trucking Market Update is hosted by FTR’s Vice President of Trucking, Avery Vise. As this information is presented, you are welcome to follow along and look at the graphs and indicators yourself by downloading the presentation.

    Download the PDF: https://freight.ftrintel.com/trucking-podcast 
    Support the show

    • 15 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

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Best macro discussion on freight

This is the best podcast to understand the freight market.

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