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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, Technology, Equipment

Trailer Connectivity Becoming More Intelligent

There was a time when preventive maintenance on trailers was perforned every three months. Then it stretched to four months, and now it’s at six. Connected technology is a big reason why.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Equipment

Trump Floats Exceptions for Auto Parts Facing 25% US Tariffs

President Donald Trump said he is exploring possible exemptions to his tariffs on imported vehicles and parts to give auto companies more time to set up U.S. manufacturing.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Safety

Wisconsin Adds I-41 Weigh Station to State Patrol HQ

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is shifting the location of an I-41 weigh station in Wrightstown to be part of a $16 million regional State Patrol headquarters under construction.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Safety

Minnesota Alerts Truckers to New Proofs for CDLs

Minnesota is making truckers aware that as of March 20 they must provide proof they have both legal U.S. domicile and state residency to renew a commercial driver license.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Removes Two Chiropractors for Deficient Driver Exams

Regulators are removing two Houston chiropractors from the register of medical examiners for failure to adequately perform physical qualification exams on commercial vehicle drivers.

April 14, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment

Freightliner Opens Fifth-Generation Cascadia Order Book

The introduction of tariffs and uncertainty around potential changes to emission regulations are crimping fleet managers’ willingness to commit to equipment outlay.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Fuel

Keystone Pipeline Operators Aim to Restore Service April 15

Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture caused 147,000 gallons of oil to spill onto farmland in North Dakota.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Technology

Tariff Exemptions on Electronics Could Be Temporary

Tariff exemptions announced April 11 on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said April 13.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Safety

NYC Rolls Out Pilot to Add 45 Metered Truck Parking Spaces

New York City has launched a one-year experiment offering 45 metered truck parking spaces in three outer borough industrial zones to curb illegal parking and give truckers an area to rest.

April 14, 2025
Government, Business, Equipment

Canada’s CBSA: Vietnamese Chassis Imports Adhere to Rules

An investigation into container chassis imports from Vietnam found they did not circumvent a 2022 Canadian International Trade Tribunal finding, according to a preliminary assessment.

April 11, 2025