Avery Vise outside - Staff

Avery Vise, FTR’s Vice President of Trucking, commented, “The freight market still looks soft well into next year but not quite as soft as it did a month ago. While that’s not great news for shippers, it’s not really bad news, either. Still, the range of possibilities remains broad due to an uncertain impact from recent tariff hikes potentially offset by a boost in activity due to lower financing costs and July’s enactment of tax cuts. Another wild card is capacity, which has been surprisingly resilient but might not be able to withstand rising insurance costs and other cost and regulatory pressures.”