Closer Look Series - Railcar Market
Select 2019 Closer Look Reports are now available!
All six 2019 Closer Look reports will be available soon.
Be among the first to receive this series of reports and gain a competitive advantage by increasing your knowledge of the rail car supply chain and macroeconomic indicators.
Companies are always searching for ways to invest in their future, and planning for growth requires an exceptional understanding of the historical, current, and future marketplace. In the Closer Look Series, AllTranstek offers insight on trends in the North American railcar market, providing participants in the rail equipment supply chain with the market analysis required to make informed decisions about the future of the North American rail car fleets.
True to its name, the Closer Look Series scrutinizes the current railcar market with respect to freight transportation across all car types in order to provide the most advanced analytics available in the rail industry. Using a wealth of institutional knowledge and the most current data, AllTranstek, with support from FTR Intel, produces the most complete annual update on trends in the North American Railcar Fleet.
These reports provide invaluable information and insight for longstanding rail equipment industry participants, as well and new entrants to the industry, including fleet owners, leasing companies, new car builders, component suppliers, service providers, financial institutions, investors, rail carriers and shippers.
The Closer Look Series is comprised of six individual reports covering each of the six major car types:
Covered Hoppers, Tank Cars, Gondolas, Open Top Hoppers, Box Cars, and Flat Cars.
NOTE: Each issue is available for purchase individually, or as a complete series of all six reports. Contact publications@alltranstek.com .
Covered Hoppers, Tank Cars, Gondolas, Open Top Hoppers, Box Cars, and Flat Cars.
NOTE: Each issue is available for purchase individually, or as a complete series of all six reports. Contact publications@alltranstek.com .
EACH REPORT CONTAINS
- In-depth analysis on one of the six major car types
- Executive summary highlighting the most critical data points in the report
- Market overview detailing each fleet's primary industry and commodity traffic base and analysis focusing on the fleet sub-segments
- Detailed fleet overview and analysis by car type segment for each major fleet, including fleet size, age profile, ownership mix profiles, traffic base mix, unique car characteristics, historic deliveries, retirements, and fleet utilization
- Forecasts and projections by fleet segment of fleet demand growth, new car deliveries, retirements
- Comprehensive fleet ownership profiles by car type segment, including historical ownership shares and trends
- Effects of the freight transportation market on historical and current trends for fleet utilization and equipment surpluses
- Thorough age profiles for each fleet and its segments discussing the cumulative effects of retirements, new car orders, and deliveries on the overall age and production backlog of the fleet, as well as forecast changes in each of these areas
- In-depth outlook and qualitative market condition commentary