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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

Business, Equipment

Trailer Orders in December Dip 3% Annually

U.S. trailer orders ended 2024 trending slightly below the previous December, ACT Research reported.

January 23, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, TCA

Port of Long Beach Opens EV Truck Charging Facility

The Port of Long Beach celebrated the recent opening of a new electric truck charging station, with officials calling the facility the “largest port-based truck charging depot in the country.”

January 23, 2025
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, Top 100

Knight-Swift Closes 2024 Preparing for Upturn

The Phoenix-based truckload motor carrier reported a revenue decline of 3.5% in the fourth quarter amid efforts to improve the business ahead of the expected up cycle.

January 23, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Trump’s Agriculture Pick Says She'll Honor All Fuel Sources

President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee American farming was once head of a group that was among the loudest opponents of a favorite U.S. agriculture product: biofuels.

January 23, 2025
Business, Logistics

Union Pacific Beats Estimates on Workforce Productivity

Union Pacific Corp.’s quarterly earnings topped Wall Street estimates, and the railroad said its 2025 outlook remains the same despite a mixed economic forecast.

January 23, 2025
Business, Safety, Logistics, Private, Top 100

ADM Stops Loading Grain Vessels in Louisiana Amid Snowstorm

One of the world’s biggest crop traders has halted loading of grain vessels at U.S. Gulf terminals as the region’s worst snowstorm in 130 years slams the region.

January 22, 2025
Business, Safety, Logistics

Fire Explodes North of L.A.; Part of I-5 Closes Temporarily

A fire spreading rapidly north of Los Angeles shut one of California’s main transportation arteries the afternoon of Jan. 22.

January 22, 2025
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

State Trucking Groups Tout CARB Retreat, Continue Fight

While California abandoned its pursuit of regulatory approval for the Advanced Clean Fleets rule, its Advanced Clean Trucks regulation is still being enforced in 10 states.

January 22, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

House Highway Bill on Panel’s Radar, Chairman Graves Says

“This will be a collaborative process in which the committee will solicit feedback from both members and stakeholders,” Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said during a hearing Jan. 15.

January 22, 2025
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

ATA Chairman Dellinger Presses Truck Excise Tax Repeal

WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations Chairman Dennis Dellinger on Jan. 22 called on a House panel to repeal a World War I-era excise tax on new trucks.

January 22, 2025