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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.

GovernmentBusinessSafety

CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Week to Focus on Speeding

The 2022 Operation Safe Driver Week is scheduled for July 10-16, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced on March 29.

March 29, 2022
BusinessLogistics

Efforts to Refloat the Ever Forward Begin

BALTIMORE — The U.S. Coast Guard prepared a second attempt to free a stranded container ship March 30, more than two weeks after it ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay.

March 29, 2022
GovernmentBusinessFuel

House Panels Have Mixed Success Getting Oil Execs to Appear

Executives from major oil companies will participate in a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing next week on skyrocketing gasoline prices, but another House panel didn't have as much success getting witnesses to agree to appear.

March 29, 2022
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuelTCA

Connecticut Considers California Standards for Large-Truck Emissions

A Connecticut effort to curb carbon-spewing emissions from large trucks by adopting California’s clean air regulations moved forward March 28, despite heavy criticism from opponents who said it could lead to higher costs on Connecticut businesses.

March 29, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel

Canada Climate Plan Calls for 42% Cut in Oil, Gas Emissions

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government wants a 42% reduction in emissions from the oil and gas sector as part of Canada’s plan to meet its 2030 emissions reduction goal.

March 29, 2022
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

ELDT Filling Classrooms, Causing Extra Paperwork

Driver training schools are adjusting to new federal entry-level requirements that took effect Feb. 7, determining how the rules affect the candidates as well as the schools.

March 29, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Trucking Companies Find Best Practices in Transportation Management Software

To optimize, automate. That’s the long-standing message from users and vendors when they talk about realizing a return on investment for transportation management systems (TMS).

March 29, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyLogistics

Global Supply Lines Brace for Economic Storm to Widen

Global supply strains that started to ease in early 2022 are worsening again as headwinds strengthen from the war in Ukraine and China’s COVID lockdowns, threatening slower growth and faster inflation across the global economy.

March 29, 2022
BusinessTechnology

Tesla, Amazon Stock Splits Trigger Retail Stampede

Recent proposals from Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Tesla Inc. tell us one thing: Stock splits can spark big rallies as retail traders pile in.

March 29, 2022
Business

Volvo’s New CEO Says Carmaker Must Smarten Up on Software

Volvo Car AB needs to be more in control of the software it develops and deploys in its vehicles, the automaker’s new CEO said.

March 29, 2022