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The Outlook<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Analysts are mostly optimistic that the freight recovery that As quoted in Commercial Carrier Journal<\/em>, forecasting firm FTR is bullish on 2021\u2019s freight market. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to conceive of a scenario in which 2021 is not a good year\u201d for freight and rates, said Avery Vise, FTR\u2019s vice president of trucking. FTR predicts rates to climb 10% on aggregate, which includes growth in both contract and spot rates.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFreight patterns in 2020 were unlike any other year,\u201d said Paris Cole, CEO of Truckstop.com. He expects freight demand in 2021 to return to a more predictable and seasonal pattern \u2013 slowness in January and early February, growth into spring and early summer, and then the usual slowdown through year\u2019s end.<\/span><\/p>\n Constraints<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Vise said the industry will experience ongoing capacity constraints, especially in terms of driver recruiting and retention. \u201cEven if freight demand does not continue at the pace that we\u2019ve been seeing, the capacity side will lag through most of the year,\u201d Vise said. \u201cFrom the carrier perspective, we think it\u2019s going to be a strong year in terms of per-mile rates.\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n One other constraint will be the availability of TBR tires. The pandemic caused The good news is that our newest plant, one of the world’s most advanced, is operating at full capacity, producing 4,000 TBR and OTR tires daily.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Screen](\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen20Shot202020-01-1020at2010.40.2020AM.png\")
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\u201cWhen consumption abruptly shifted from services to goods during the depths of the downturn, the trucking industry got an unexpected tailwind. Presumably when consumption shifts the other way, we will see the opposite,\u201d he said. \u201cWe could very well see an environment characterized by strong GDP numbers yet disappointing domestic truckload freight demand \u2013 at least relative to 2020.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Double](\"https:\/\/www.doublecointires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Double20Coin20warehouse20worker20on20forklift-1.jpg\")
some disruption in TBR tire production, particularly early on, and overseas shipping capacity has yet to fully recover.<\/span><\/p>\n
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