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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.

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Knight-Swift Reports Surge in Q2 Earnings

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings saw growth throughout the company, including a 90.6% increase in net income during the second quarter, the company reported July 21.

July 21, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Volvo Group Earnings Rise on Global Vehicle Sales

Volvo Group reported strong second-quarter earnings and revenue as sales in its global vehicle-related segment rose 41% compared with a year earlier.

July 21, 2021
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

CVSA Sidelines 1,273 Vehicles for Brake Violations

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspectors removed more than 1,200 commercial motor vehicles with critical brake violations from roadways during an unannounced single-day brake safety enforcement operation.

July 21, 2021
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Pacific, Atlantic Ports Report Strong June Volumes

More than six months into the economic recovery, the nation’s ports on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts continue to see record or near-record cargo loads, and port officials and economists forecast the substantial numbers likely will continue well into 2022.

July 21, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogisticsTop 100

Startup Couriers Snatch Toehold in Biggest Shake-Up of E-Commerce Era

Surging e-commerce is generating more package deliveries than giant couriers can handle, clogging retailers’ logistical pipelines and frustrating consumers. But the logjam is spawning startups with new ways of speeding deliveries.

July 21, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Toyota Adds Suzuki, Daihatsu to Commercial EV, Autonomous Push

Suzuki Motor Corp. and Daihatsu Motor Co. are investing in a Toyota Motor Corp. entity to bring electrification and autonomous driving to commercial vehicles, deepening ties between the automakers.

July 21, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomous

Ford, Lyft and Argo Team Up to Deploy Robo-Taxis

Ford Motor Co. and its partner Argo AI will start a self-driving ride-hailing service with Lyft Inc. in Miami and Austin, Texas, later this year. It will be the biggest commercial rollout of robot rides.

July 21, 2021
BusinessEquipmentBreaking News

Truck Tonnage Rises Slightly in June

Truck tonnage in June inched up 0.5% compared with year-ago levels, a slowdown compared with recent months amid a tempering of freight activity nationwide, according to American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index.

July 20, 2021
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Honda Ditches Go-It-Alone Strategy to Make Safer Move Toward EVs

Honda Motor Co. long eschewed big strategic alliances, preferring to go it alone even as many of its carmaking peers banded to improve economies of scale. That strategy is changing now that the Japanese automaker is shifting more aggressively to electric vehicles.

July 20, 2021
BusinessEquipment

Haldex Reports Higher Earnings, Revenue as Markets Rebound

Braking and air suspension systems provider Haldex reported positive net income and a 30% gain in revenue for the second quarter, ended June 30.

July 19, 2021