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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.

BusinessEquipment

United Rentals Q1 Profit Dips, Beats Expectations

Profit fell due to weaker specialty rental margins, lower used equipment sales and higher expenses, including those related to the terminated H&E Equipment Services acquisition.

April 25, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Continental Appoints New CFO Ahead of Parts Maker’s Overhaul

Continental appointed company veteran Roland Welzbacher to succeed Olaf Schick as CFO as the German manufacturer sheds units to focus on its more profitable tires business.

April 25, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentLogistics

Auto Carrier Could Take $70 Million Hit From US Port Fees

Hoegh Autoliners ASA, an Oslo, Norway-based car carrier, said that a plan to impose fees on foreign ships calling at U.S. ports could cost the company as much as $70 million.

April 25, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

Equipment: Truck Prices to Rise as Early as May Due to Tariffs

The latest on how the Trump administration's approach to tariffs is impacting OEMs in the trucking industry.    

April 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Arkansas Trucking Law Cracks Down on Fraudulent Foreign CDLs

The bill, signed April 14 by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, takes aim at what lawmakers and industry experts said is a spate of foreign drivers operating illegally and unsafely on U.S. roads.

April 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyTCA

Bendix Offers Voluntary Job Reductions, Citing Tariffs

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems is offering voluntary layoffs, citing a sharp slowdown in the trucking industry and economic pressures from tariffs.

April 24, 2025
BusinessEquipmentLogisticsFor-Hire

Ryder Q1 Profit Rises 15.3% on Higher Contract Revenue

Profit at Ryder System rose in the first quarter of 2025 as higher contract revenue outweighed ongoing weakness in the rental and used vehicle sales businesses.

April 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

FMCSA Approves Two More Intellistop Five-Year Exemptions

FMCSA has granted two more companies five-year exemptions to operate their trucks using a pulsating brake light system equipped with a module manufactured by Intellistop Inc.

April 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

Trump Orders Truck Import Probe, Setting Stage for Tariffs

President Donald Trump’s administration started an investigation into the need for tariffs on imports of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts, an expansion of his trade war.

April 24, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Volvo’s US Job Cuts to Total 1,000 VTNA, Mack Employees

CEO Martin Lundstedt dropped the bombshell in the final moments of the truck and bus maker’s first quarter of 2025 earnings call, revealing an additional 200 or so jobs would be cut.

April 23, 2025