Transport Topics

North American Class 8 orders in March were just over 21,000 and kept pace with the levels over the past few months, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ preliminary data. Heavy-duty orders, wh...

6 Apr 20223min

Standing alongside three Class 8 trucks parked outside the White House, President Joe Biden yesterday described a federal apprenticeship program designed to accelerate commercial driver license traini...

5 Apr 20223min

America’s employers extended a streak of robust hiring in March, adding 431,000 jobs in a sign of the economy’s resilience in the face of a still-destructive pandemic and the highest inflation in 40 y...

4 Apr 20223min

February’s average retail sales price for a used Class 8 set another all-time record, besting January’s previous high by jumping beyond $94,000, according to ACT Research. Company Vice President Steve...

1 Apr 20223min

The 2022 Operation Safe Driver Week is scheduled for July 10-16, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced on March 29. During the heightened enforcement operation, law enforcement will be issu...

31 Mar 20223min

The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing April 6 with oil company executives regarding skyrocketing gasoline prices. Officials from Devon Energy Corp. and Exxon Mobil Corp., BP Plc,...

30 Mar 20223min

FedEx Corp. founder Fred Smith is stepping down as CEO of the company and transferring those duties to Raj Subramaniam, who currently serves as president and COO, the company announced March 28. Smith...

29 Mar 20223min

XPO Logistics announced March 25 it has sold its North American intermodal business to STG Logistics, a Chicago-based provider of import-export and value-added warehouse logistics services, for a cash...

28 Mar 20223min