Closer Look - Covered Hopper

The 2019 Covered Hopper Closer Look Report is now available!

Covered Hoppers are a diverse fleet of railcars that carry a variety of dry bulk commodities. Some of these cars are product specific, while others serve a wide range of commodities. Consequently, the individual segments within the overall Covered Hopper fleet have different and unique characteristics, and their individual performances are driven by independent economic and market forces. Understanding the overall Covered Hopper fleet requires a deep understanding of these individual segments within the fleet.
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Learn more about how the Covered Hopper fleet has responded to varying market dynamics of these segments and the steady investment activity across all types of Covered Hoppers in recent years.

​This report contains...

• Fleet analysis using a unique car type segmentation scheme of eleven sub-segments
• Current fleet sizes for each sub-segment
• Unique characteristics inherent to sub-segments
• Snapshot of each fleet segment’s age profile allocated by 5- year buckets over a car’s 50-year life
• Ownership mix profiles across railroads, shippers, and leasing companies
• Historic deliveries, retirements, and utilization
• Forecasts and projections by fleet segment: new car deliveries and retirements
• Current and historic traffic activity across car types
• Traffic shares, commodity drivers, and industry drivers
• AllTranstek’s unique Car Demand Pressure Index, illustrating the relationship between fleet size and shipping activity since 2007
• Fleet ownership mix, age profile, retirement trends, and new equipment delivery forecast for the fleet as a whole
• Pictures and illustrations of select car types, unique components, and important commodities

​AllTranstek rail equipment intelligence is coupled with FTR dynamic forecasting models and analysis in a collaborative methodology, delivering the most comprehensive rail equipment forecasting report to the industry.

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For more information on the Closer Look Series, contact publications@alltranstek.com .