Connor Wolf is a business reporter at Transport Topics.
Connor Wolf is a business reporter at Transport Topics. Before Transport Topics, Connor worked for LifeZette, and prior to that wrote for Inside Sources and the Daily Caller. He has covered economic and labor beats through the lens of how policy decisions affect business. He also has written about the business implications of poor infrastructure, and the potential implications of automated technology for the labor market.
Technology has shaped how trucking companies have navigated through the coronavirus pandemic while setting the resulting economic slowdown apart from past ones.
June 17, 2020
Roadrunner Transportation Systems was in the final steps in a multiyear financial turnaround effort when the coronavirus pandemic hit, forcing the company to confront the same economic challenges facing all of trucking while also seeing its plans through, a company executive said.
June 11, 2020
Transportation Intermediaries Association President and CEO Robert Voltmann will step down from his post later this year, the association announced June 10.
June 11, 2020
Trucking companies continue to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, but what the new normal will be remains a mystery.
June 10, 2020
Transplace acquired parcel transportation management solutions provider ScanData Systems.
June 4, 2020
DAT Solutions has reached a deal to acquire the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium, a subscription-based benchmarking and analysis service, DAT announced June 1.
June 3, 2020
MAC Liquid Tank Trailer has acquired the manufacturing assets of Burch Tank & Truck. Financial details of the transaction announced May 20 were not disclosed.
May 28, 2020
Trucking companies have been nimble in adopting changes to their operations both on the road and in the office as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, industry executives said.
May 27, 2020
The nationwide average price of diesel fuel increased by about half a penny, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported May 26, ending a streak of 19 consecutive weekly price decreases.
May 26, 2020
Call centers industrywide have made a swift shift to working from home in response to the coronavirus.
May 21, 2020