Survey indicates softening in trucking environment

Responses to the latest CK Commercial Vehicle Research Fleet Sentiment survey reflects some softening in the trucking environment.

Key results from the 1H 2019 FSR survey include:

Even with some slowing in the overall environment for the trucking companies that responded to the survey, a majority of them are still very healthy with a good outlook for 2019, the report states.

“Because of some of the questions we asked in this survey regarding downtime and maintenance issues, it’s apparent that diesel engine technology, past and present, continues to negatively impact the productivity of trucking fleets,” says Chris Kemmer, consultant at CK Commercial Vehicle Research.

“Clearly going back to dirtier emission engines is not an option but, to me, there should be a strong incentive to embrace electric trucks as an option to really address this issue,” Kemmer adds.

The 57 fleets represented in the 1H 2019 FSR survey represent a varied mix of fleet demographics; and in total, operate more than 36,000 medium- and heavy-duty trucks (primarily Class 8) and 85,000 trailers.

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