Transport Topics

One of the largest trucking companies in the U.S., J.B. Hunt, recently announced Q2 earnings and some executive news. The carrier reported more than $250 million in net earnings compared to the same p...

21 Jul 20223min

Truck tonnage in June soared 7.9% above the same month last year, according to American Trucking Associations' For-Hire-Truck Tonnage Index, which was released July 19. Sequentially, from May to June,...

20 Jul 20222min

A number of California owner-operators have taken to protesting the AB 5 law at the state’s busy ports. The law, which was first passed a few years ago, is now in effect for trucking companies after t...

19 Jul 20223min

President Biden took action on Friday to keep 115,000 rail workers on the job while arbitrators that he appointed develop a set of contract recommendations for the railroads and unions to consider. Bi...

18 Jul 20223min

With an Aug. 1 deadline looming, states are finalizing their electric vehicle infrastructure deployment plans. Plans must be submitted to the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. Then the Federa...

15 Jul 20222min

Retail sales of Class 8 trucks in June hit the highest point of the year and improved 12.7% compared with the previous June, Wards Intelligence reported. Sales jumped to 22,358 after reaching 19,840 a...

14 Jul 20222min

XPO Logistics’ new technology-enabled brokerage platform that is set to begin operations in the fourth quarter will be called RXO, Greenwich, Conn.-based XPO announced July 12. In March, XPO announced...

13 Jul 20223min

It’s officially mid-July, which means the congressional August recess is looming. Relevant on the Senate side is an emphasis on fuel-centric and semiconductor measures. On the House side, Democrats ar...

12 Jul 20223min