Transport Topics

Truck tonnage rose 3.7% in May compared with year-ago levels, and is pacing well against comparisons to the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, according to American Trucking Associations’ For-H...

23 Jun 20212min

Amazon announced that it has placed an order for 1,000 autonomous driving systems from Plus. The retail giant also has acquired an option to buy as much as 20% of the self-driving truck startup. Plus ...

22 Jun 20212min

Some fleet operators, especially package couriers and final-mile delivery providers, achieved significant revenue growth in 2020 amid a surge in e-commerce volumes. Other trucking companies contended ...

21 Jun 20213min

Rep. Peter DeFazio says he is well aware that being stuck in traffic is bad for business. For that reason, he wants to remind the country that his new highway bill is designed to help everyone spend l...

18 Jun 20212min

U.S. retail sales in May for Classes 4-7 improved 36% compared with a year earlier, as all but the heaviest class showed strong gains, WardsAuto.com reported. Sales reached 20,134 compared with 14,809...

17 Jun 20213min

The American Transportation Research Institute released a white paper that analyzed truck driver perspectives regarding truck parking information systems. Among the 1,103 survey respondents, 32.8% sai...

16 Jun 20213min

The Department of Transportation announced that it’s seeking to require or set standards for automatic emergency braking systems on new heavy trucks. DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administrati...

15 Jun 20212min

Two of the nation’s largest third-party logistics providers have announced that they will join forces. GlobalTranz and Worldwide Express, which rank No. 27 and No. 28 respectively on the Transport Top...

14 Jun 20212min