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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.

GovernmentBusiness

EU to Ramp Up Tariffs on Steel Imports, Mirroring US Duties

The European Commission will propose early next week a long-term mechanism that will also reduce the bloc’s existing quotas for foreign steel by almost half.

October 1, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

What DOT’s Shutdown Plan Means for Trucking

The department’s plan, released Sept. 30, shows that highway and trucking agencies are among the least affected in a lapse of annual appropriations.

October 1, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Engine Makers, Fleets Prep for New Heavy-Duty Engine Oil Rollout

As the trucking industry moves toward the next generation of diesel engines, the introduction of new oils designed to further enhance fuel efficiency also is on the horizon.

October 1, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

In DOT Shutdown Plan, Air Traffic Controllers Work Unpaid

Under the latest plan, air traffic controller hiring and field training would also continue — a key difference from the March plan, which would have paused those activities. 

September 30, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Intel Reaffirms Ohio Chip Plant Despite Long Delay

The project, dubbed Ohio One, “remains an important part of our long-term plans to expand leading-edge manufacturing on U.S. soil,” Intel said in a statement.

September 30, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

House Committee Approves Ocean Shipping Bill

The legislation, which builds on programs in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, specifically targets certain operations that have been determined to be linked to Chinese firms.

September 30, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Ford CEO: EV Market Will Be 'Way Smaller Than We Thought'

The elimination of a $7,500 consumer tax credit and softening of emissions rules by the Trump administration will sharply curtail EV demand in the U.S., Jim Farley said.

September 30, 2025
BusinessEquipment

Hertz Begins Online Car Sales in Competition With Carvana

Going online is the latest move by CEO Gil West to further grow retail sales, which gets the company much better pricing than selling its rental vehicles at wholesale auctions.

September 30, 2025
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

TCI Acquires Kansas’ Success NationaLease

The No. 84-ranked company on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of for-hire carriers, TCI Transportation will have a combined 1,900 employees once the transaction is complete. 

September 30, 2025
BusinessFor-Hire

TCW Transportation Names New CEO After Scott George Retires

The company was founded by Scott George's grandfather, Howard George, in 1948 and has been employee-owned since 2022. Scott will remain an adviser to the board of directors.

September 30, 2025