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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.

Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

House Passes Internal Combustion Engines Legislation

Legislation aiming to block efforts designed to prevent the sale of internal combustion engines was recently approved in the U.S. House of Representatives.

September 19, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment

Costs for Truck Parts, Labor Fall in Q2

CLEVELAND 鈥 A new report found that parts and labor expenses in heavy-duty truck repair shops dropped during the second quarter of 2023.

September 19, 2023
Business, Logistics, Breaking News

Tonnage Dips 2.3% in August

Truck tonnage in August declined 2.3% compared with year-ago levels but inched up sequentially for the second consecutive month.

September 19, 2023
Business, Logistics

Freight Railroads Vow to Improve Service to Grow Intermodal

LONG BEACH, Calif. 鈥 Leaders of some of North America鈥檚 Class I freight railroads say they have learned the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic when service slumped.

September 19, 2023
Government, Business, Safety

Norfolk Southern Details Plan for East Palestine Residents

Norfolk Southern announced new details about its plan to compensate East Palestine residents for lost home values since the derailment disrupted life in the eastern Ohio town in February.

September 19, 2023
Government, Business

UAW Threatens Expanded Strikes

The leader of the United Auto Workers said that a limited strike targeting plants in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio may be expanded if 鈥渟erious progress鈥 toward an new contract agreement isn鈥檛 made by Sept. 22 at noon.

September 19, 2023
Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Price Climbs 9.3垄 to $4.633

The national average diesel price continued its steady ascent, rising 9.3 cents to reach $4.633 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Sept. 18.

September 18, 2023
Business, Technology, Fuel

Toyota Keeps Up Push to Prove It Can Embrace New Technology

Toyota Motor Corp.鈥檚 campaign to show customers, suppliers and investors that it鈥檚 serious about electrification was on display again this month.

September 18, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment

Cybersecurity, EVs Expand TMCSuperTech Challenges

CLEVELAND 鈥 Cybersecurity plays an ever-larger role in the TMCSuperTech competition, part of the Fall Meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations.

September 18, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Hundreds of Flying Taxis to Be Made in Ohio

The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and land vertically.

September 18, 2023