Transport Topics

Uber Freight has expanded beyond truckload services and is now also offering shippers options for less-than-truckload, the company announced July 15. Uber Freight has been primarily focused on trucklo...

16 Jul 20213min

Classes 4-7 U.S. retail sales rose in June to the second-highest level of the year as they cleared 20,000 units, with all segments improving over the same period last year, WardsAuto.com reported. Sal...

15 Jul 20212min

U.S. retail sales of Class 8 vehicles in June topped 19,000, WardsAuto.com reported, and reached the second-highest volume this year. June improved 49.4% to 19,840 compared with a year earlier when sa...

14 Jul 20213min

A strike continues at the Volvo Trucks North America plant in Dublin, Va., even though the truck maker has announced it will not engage in further negotiations. VTNA says it will stand by the terms of...

13 Jul 20213min

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says he wants his chamber to vote on pivotal budget and infrastructure legislation before lawmakers break for their August recess. He also warns that he may delay ...

12 Jul 20213min

Despite oppressive heat hitting the western United States, trucking operations are pressing on. Montana has issued regulatory relief for truckers as part of statewide emergency declarations, including...

9 Jul 20212min

Class 8 orders in June cleared 25,000 and bounced 61% higher than those placed a year earlier in the pandemic, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ preliminary data. Orders reached 25,700 — the...

8 Jul 20212min

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings has announced plans to acquire less-than-truckload specialists AAA Cooper Transportation in a deal involving two companies on the Transport Topics Top 100 For-Hire...

7 Jul 20213min