How do I order a new subscription service?
Becoming an FTR client is easy. You can purchase any of our annual subscriptions online, or work with our sales team to purchase any of our tailored solutions.
To purchase online, navigate to the Trucking Solutions or Rail Solutions menu and select the service that best fits your needs. Click the Buy Now button to view pricing and complete your purchase.
FTR offers two subscription tiers: Standard and Premium.
Standard service includes:
- PDF Report
- Monthly client-only webinars
- Up to 5 additional licenses
- Exclusive FTR Conference discounts
- Dedicated client support
Premium services include Standard service, plus:
- Downloadable graphics package
- Downloadable database
- State of Freight Insights
- Market Update Call
Once you have added your subscription to the cart, proceed to checkout. New users will need to create a user profile before completing the purchase. You can pay online by credit card for immediate access or generate an invoice to begin the payment process.
Trucking Update: https://www.ftrintel.com/trucking-update
Each month, we scrutinize reliable market data and deliver exclusive forecasts to our clients for:
- FTR Trucking Conditions Index
- Rate outlooks by equipment type
- Active Truck Utilization
- Freight outlooks by trailer type
- Freight outlooks by commodity group
- Driver payroll analysis
- Exclusive economic forecasts
Shippers Update: https://www.ftrintel.com/shippers-update
Each month, we scrutinize reliable market data and deliver exclusive forecasts to our clients for:
- FTR Shippers Conditions Index
- Truckload rate forecasts
- Rail carload rate forecasts
- Intermodal rate forecasts
- Capacity forecasts
- Exclusive economic forecasts
Intermodal Monthly: https://www.ftrintel.com/intermodal-monthly
Each month, we scrutinize data from all corners of the market and provide our client's actionable intelligence and forecasts for:
- Lane volumes
- Port activity
- Equipment moves
- Service metrics
- Pricing pressure
- Competitiveness to other modes
- Exclusive economic forecasts
Rail Update: https://www.ftrintel.com/rail-update
Each month, we scrutinize reliable market data and deliver exclusive forecasts to our clients for:
- FTR Rail Shippers Conditions Index
- Carload Outlook
- Railcar Utilization
- Rail Rate Index
- Carload Group Forecasts by AAR Commodity Group
- Competitiveness to other modes
- Exclusive economic forecasts
Truck & Trailer Outlook: https://www.ftrintel.com/truck-trailer-outlook
We capture build data directly from the OEMs and provide our clients monthly forecast updates on:
- Backlog
- Inventory
- Net Orders
- Factory Shipments
- Key truck market indicators
- Freight forecasts by commodity
- Exclusive economic forecasts
N.A. Trailer Analysis & Outlook: https://www.ftrintel.com/trailer-outlook
Each month, we capture production schedules and sales updates directly from the industry's major builders so you'll have a data-driven forecast and updates on:
- Need to know info by trailer type for:
- Total trailer market
- Dry van
- Refrigerated
- Total vans
- Total tanks
- Major vocational
- Key Market Indicators:
- Backlog
- Build For
- Inventory
- Net Orders
- Factory Shipments
- Backlog/Build Ratio
- Inventory
- Exclusive FTR forecasts for:
- Trailer production
- Freight forecasts for dry van, refrigerated, specialized, and flatbed
- Economic forecasts
Rail Equipment Outlook: https://www.ftrintel.com/rail-equipment-outlook
We capture build data directly from all of the major builders and provide our clients monthly forecast updates on:
- Backlog
- Inventory
- Net Orders
- Factory Shipments
- Key rail market indicators
- Freight forecasts by commodity
- Exclusive economic forecasts
Rail Equipment Monthly: https://www.ftrintel.com/rail-equipment-monthly
Each month, FTR captures industry-leading Umler™ data, cleanses and parses it, and delivers key takeaways to your team within the first four business days of the month. You'll have the most real-time view of activity for:
- Registrations
- By add date
- By build date
- Retirements
- General retirements
- Scrappage estimates by age profile
- Full number of retirements
- Population age by 5-year buckets
Energy Transport Insider: https://www.ftrintel.com/energy-transport-insider
Energy Transport Insider (ETI) is a bi-weekly report that enhances market transparency, supports price discovery, and enables benchmarking for hazardous material tank cars—including general-purpose and pressure cars. ETI gives subscribers a timely, clear view of current market conditions.
Rail Closer Look: https://www.ftrintel.com/rail-closer-look/full-series
Combining the industry standard Umler™ and Waybill data with the power of FTR's Freight•cast™ forecasting methodology, the Rail Closer Look reports are the definitive guide to understanding the fundamentals of new car demand.
Population Overview - Age Profile - Traffic Trends - Freight Forecast - Equipment Forecast