Transport Topics

Severe winter weather took a toll on truck tonnage in February, according to American Trucking Associations data. The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for the month declined a seasonally adjusted 5.9%...

24 Maalis 20213min

It’s been about a year since wide swaths of the U.S. shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The trucking industry was not among them. American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear spoke w...

23 Maalis 20213min

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says President Joe Biden’s upcoming infrastructure plan will offer a once-in-a-century opportunity to remake transportation in the United States, where cars and...

22 Maalis 20213min

XPO Logistics has selected GXO Logistics as the name of the stand-alone logistics company it will spin off later this year. According to XPO Logistics CEO Brad Jacobs, the letters stand for “the game-...

19 Maalis 20213min

According to a new analysis from the American Transportation Research Institute, a national vehicle-miles-traveled fee system would prove a complicated and expensive alternative to the federal fuel ta...

18 Maalis 20213min

Hino Trucks intends to produce model year 2022 Classes 6-8 trucks for the United States and Canada equipped exclusively with diesel engines from Cummins. Hino will offer the Cummins B6.7 and L9 engine...

17 Maalis 20212min

Over the weekend, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pledged swift work by Congress on President Joe Biden’s upcoming jobs and infrastructure package. Pelosi also said she wasn’t sure if the bill would attrac...

16 Maalis 20213min

The trucking industry is touting a victory in West Virginia, where the state Legislature has advanced a bill that provides clarity for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an e...

15 Maalis 20213min