Transport Topics

Truck tonnage in April increased a seasonally adjusted 6.9% compared with year-ago levels, according to American Trucking Associations' For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. When measured against this past Ma...

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Today, President Joe Biden plans to visit a Ford site in Dearborn, Mich., that will build the carmaker’s new electric F-150 pickup truck. The F-150 has been the country’s best-selling vehicle for deca...

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Canadian National Railway appears to be the front-runner to acquire Kansas City Southern Railroad after the KCS board of directors said CN has presented a “superior proposal” to an earlier offer from ...

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The Louisiana House has passed a bill that would make staging an accident with a car or truck a serious crime. HR 15, which passed the House this week by a vote of 100 to 0, now moves on to the state ...

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Class 8 retail sales jumped 52.8% in April compared with a year earlier to 19,312, WardsAuto.com reported. In the 2020 period, sales were 12,637, according to Wards. That month saw a severe drop-off i...

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The adoption of legislation designed to improve connectivity across commercial corridors and ensure long-term funding for highway programs would benefit the country’s freight supply chain. That was th...

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On Sunday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued an emergency declaration for carriers assisting petroleum supply chains after the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. The declaration e...

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The Lion Electric Co. will build a 900,000-square-foot electric-vehicle manufacturing facility in Joliet, Ill., that it says will represent the largest dedicated production site for zero-emission med...

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