The world changed nearly overnight due to the coronavirus pandemic and governments’ responses to it. Industry experts share their views on how this public health crisis may change freight transportation in the years ahead.
June 22, 2020Trucking Business News
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.
Trucking Rises to Meet Unprecedented Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted supply chains and caused severe business challenges for many fleets, but it also will be remembered as a time when the trucking industry’s essential role within our society has never been clearer.
June 22, 2020Transport Topics Collects Three National Awards From ASBPE
Transport Topics has been named a winner of 2020 Azbee Awards of Excellence in three national categories by the American Society of Business Publication Editors.
June 19, 2020Detroit Carmakers to Resume Pre-COVID Output to Meet Demand
Detroit’s automakers are gearing up for full production as they race to make up for lost output and meet stronger-than-expected demand.
June 19, 2020Ryder, Uber Achieve Service Milestone
Ryder System Inc., which offers supply chain, dedicated transportation and commercial fleet management services, announced its 100,000th ride using Uber for Business to access transportation for drivers and technicians to and from both Ryder and customer locations.
June 19, 2020Alliance Parts Adds 100th Location
Alliance Parts, a brand of Daimler Trucks North America, expanded its retail footprint with the opening of its 100th location, in Lexington, S.C.
June 19, 2020Hiring Rose in 46 States in May; Jobless Rates Still High
Employers added jobs in 46 states last month, evidence that the U.S. economy’s surprise hiring gain in May was spread broadly across the country — in both states that began reopening their economies early and those that did so only later.
June 19, 2020China to Speed US Farm Purchases After Secretive Hawaii Talks
China plans to accelerate purchases of American farm goods to comply with the phase one trade deal with the U.S. following talks in Hawaii this week.
June 19, 2020US Slaps Sanctions on Mexican Companies Helping Venezuelan Oil
The U.S. Treasury Department levied sanctions on Mexican trading company Libre Abordo SA de CV for buying Venezuelan oil via oil-for-humanitarian-aid agreements with the embattled country.
June 19, 2020May Trailer Orders Fall to Second-Worst Level Ever
U.S. trailer orders in May sank to the second-lowest level of all time as they struggled to clear 3,000 in another month of strong cancellations, ACT Research reported.
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