Our team is frequently quoted in transportation sector publications, as well as speaking engagements at a number of industry conventions and meetings.
July 12, 2010 – William B. Cassidy of The Journal of Commerce points out the effects of limited lending on truckers, as pointed out by TCP’s Business Expectations Survey. According to TCP’s findings, the limited ability to access credit has delayed vehicle replacement. Read the full article here.
July 2010 – BulkTransporter.com recently reported TCP’s findings about variation in carriers’ interest in technology for the upcoming year. The article quotes TCP partner Richard Mikes on how increases in freight have evoked interest in credit availability and various types of equipment. Read the full article here.
June 30, 2010 – Refrigerated Transporter also points out TCP’s finding that there is a trucker shortage. While larger carriers have a more difficult time recruiting new drivers, an increased focus on improving recruitment efforts is evident throughout the industry. Read the full article here.
June 30, 2010 – An article by Truckinginfo.com says that TCP’s most recent Business Expectations Survey reports important findings about the effects of the improving economy on the transportation industry. The article focuses on carriers’ increased interest in mergers and acquisitions. Read the full article here.
June 28, 2010 – According to TodaysTrucking.com, TCP’s Business Expectations Survey offers much insight into the current supply and demand dynamics of drivers in the trucking industry. While trucker recruiting is a growing problem during this shortage, truckers are in a favorable position. Read the full article here.
June 25, 2010 – In the article “Next Exit: Driver Shortage?” Getloaded.com discusses the predicted scarcity of truck drivers and the implications of this condition for the industry. The author highlights TCP’s findings that industry professionals are focusing on recruiting drivers and are using fewer brokers. Read the full article here.
June 24, 2010 – Truckinginfo.com discusses TCP’s Business Expectation Survey’s finding that there is currently a driver shortage due to increased amounts of truck freight. The article notes carriers’ reported decrease in dependence on brokers and a supply-demand dynamic that favors truckers. Read the full article here.
June 23, 2010 – BulkTransporter.com outlines TCP’s Business Expectations Survey for 2010’s second quarter. The article focuses on truckers’ strong optimism for the near future of the industry. Read the full article here.
June 23, 2010 – Kevin Jones of TheTrucker.com reports TCP’s latest Business Expectations Survey’s findings about how carriers are responding to the current driver shortage. Because of this shortage, carriers are working to improve driver recruiting efforts. Read the full article here.
June 11, 2010 – Truckinginfo.com discusses TCP’s industry survey, pointing out that truckers are optimistic about the upcoming year. Quoting TCP’s Mikes and Batts, this article provides statistics from the survey that show truckers’ overwhelmingly positive predictions for their businesses. Read the full article here.
May 24, 2010 – The Nebraska Trucking Association used managing partner Lana Batts’ words as their “quote of the week.” In this passage, Batts explains what will likely happen in the transportation industry when the economy improves. Read the full article here.
May 4, 2010 – Schilli Transportation News, a news resource from Schilli Transportation Services, notes TCP’s findings that 445 bankruptcies occurred in the trucking industry in the last quarter of 2009 and that over 170,000 trucks have become inactive over the past year and a half due to bankruptcies. Read the full article here.
April 9, 2010 - Truckininfo.com cites Transport Capital Partner’s Business Expectations Quarterly Survey in “Half of Truckload Carriers Unprepared for CSA 2010.” Managing partners Richard Mikes and Lana Batts comment on the carrier unpreparedness. Read the full article here.
April 9, 2010 - TCP Managing Partner Lana Batts responded to the Department of Transportation’s “America’s Marine Highway” program in “Marine Highways Not Seen As Big Competitor to Trucking.” Batts asserts the trucking industry is safe unless “unless you can figure out how to get the barge to pull up to the dock at Wal-Mart.”
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April 9, 2010 - Logistics Management quoted Managing Partner Lana Batts in their article “Trucking News: FMCSA delays new truck driver rating system.” Batts critiqued the Department of Transportations approach and commented on the new CSA. Read the full article here.
April 1, 2010 – In “Carriers Still Slow to Buy New Equipment: TCP Survey,” Bulk Transporter highlights TCP’s Business Expectations Survey’s finding that about half of carriers do not plan to buy new trucks very soon and discusses related findings. Read the full article here.
April 2010 – In Successful Dealer’s April 2010 Industry Report, Denise Rondini points out findings from TCP’s Business Expectations Survey, focusing on how surveyed carriers do not plan to be quick to buy new equipment in the near future. Read the full article here.
March 26, 2010 - 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 22, 2010 – In an article about the recent bankruptcy of a trucking company in Arkansas, The Journal of Commerce quotes TCP’s Lana Batts about the future of financing trucks. Read the full article here.
March 18, 2010 – Post Business of NashvillePost.com summarizes TCP’s survey of trucking companies’ executives’ thoughts on remaining in or backing out of the trucking industry due to slow business in the recession. The article quotes TCP managing partner Lana Batts on the study’s finding that small carriers lack optimism in the current market. Read the full article here.
March 18, 2010 - 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.
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March 17, 2010 – In the article “TCP Survey Shows One in Four Carriers Consider Selling,” TodaysTrucking.com summarizes TCP’s Business Expectations Survey results, focusing on the findings that many surveyed carriers have confidence in the coming year while about 25% of carriers are thinking about leaving the industry over the next year and a half. Read the full article here.
March 17, 2010 – In "One Fourth of Carriers Looking at Leaving the Industry," TruckingInfo.com reports results from Transport Capital Partners' (TCP) Business Expectations Survey. The survey, conducted quarterly, indicated that carriers have become more confident in rates and volumes, but their hopes for long term survival are not so optimistic, with one in four considering selling if conditions don't improve in the next six months.
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