Transport Topics

Trucking fleets are increasingly receptive to alternative fuels and sustainable technology, according to consulting firm Gladstein, Neandross & Associates’ recent survey of 250 public, private and mun...

11 Mai 20222min

Electric truck startup Lordstown Motors has pushed back a deadline to complete the sale of its Ohio assembly plant to Foxconn by four more days to May 18. This marks the second delay of a deal that ha...

10 Mai 20223min

America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that has defied punishing inflation, chronic supply shortages, the Russian war against Ukraine and much higher borro...

9 Mai 20222min

China’s lockdown of key port cities because of a new outbreak of the coronavirus is expected to have serious ramifications for trucking in the United States. The two-week average shipment volume for ...

6 Mai 20222min

Trucking and safety groups have expressed mixed reactions to a proposal to consider requiring speed limiters on new commercial trucks. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently announce...

5 Mai 20223min

Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after the 9/11 terror attacks as the nation’s federal tran...

4 Mai 20222min

The national average price for diesel has set a new all-time record at $5.509 a gallon, after a surge of 34.9 cents this past week. The previous record was $5.25, set March 14. In New England the aver...

3 Mai 20223min

The weather is getting warmer and the competition is beginning to heat up as state associations conduct their state truck driving championships. These events are the first steps for drivers hoping to ...

2 Mai 20222min