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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.

BusinessFor-Hire

Interactive Map: Where the 2023 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers Are in North America

Find out where the 2023 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers are located by regions and by state in North America with our interactive map.

June 23, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

May Data Likely to Show Used Class 8 Demand Softens Again

Demand in the used Class 8 market is softening, experts said, citing steady declines in both the spot freight volumes and rates that so many buyers of used trucks rely on for a living.

June 23, 2022
GovernmentBusinessFuel

EIA Network Issues Delay Fuel Price Release

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has had to delay its reporting of fuel prices for the week of June 20.

June 23, 2022
BusinessLogistics

Fuel Costs Renew Focus on Empty Miles

Trucking is renewing focus on empty miles amid rising diesel prices that lead to greater expense.

June 23, 2022
Business

7 Trucking Regulations That Could Change Your World

Program Aired: June 23, 2022. Over the next two years federal regulators are expected to propose new trucking regulations that will significantly alter the world in which professional drivers, motor carriers, and trucks operate. Precisely how these regulations come about – their timing, cost, and content – are strongly affected by politics, the economy and by you, through your comments to the rulemaking dockets.

June 23, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Ports on Both Coasts Report Record Volume in May

The strong pace of imported goods to the nation’s ports continued in May.

June 23, 2022
GovernmentBusiness

Trucking Critical of SEC Emissions Report Proposal

A proposal by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that would require public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the agency was criticized in written comments by a handful of truckers and their trade organizations.

June 23, 2022
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA

Ocean Shipping Reform Act Won’t Benefit Port of Vancouver

Consumers and exporters saw financial turmoil from tumultuous international shipping practices in the past year. But the Port of Vancouver was not impacted like other harbors were.

June 23, 2022
BusinessTechnology

Transportation Software Sector Sees M&A Rise

Technology-focused companies supporting the trucking and logistics sector have experienced a rise in merger and acquisition activity.

June 23, 2022
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Stakeholders, Senior Lawmakers Oppose Gas Tax Holiday

Prominent transportation stakeholders and key congressional lawmakers pushed back on President Joe Biden’s call to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax.

June 23, 2022