Transport Topics

North American Class 8 orders are off to a stronger-than-expected start in 2021. ACT Research reported 42,200 in January — a 146% improvement from a year earlier. The January figure is a 17% dip from ...

5 Feb 20213min

Freight operations in the Northeast are resuming after a snowstorm walloped the region and caused some temporary restrictions on commercial vehicle travel. Leaders in several states enacted truck trav...

4 Feb 20213min

The U.S. Department of Transportation has a new leader in Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 presidential candidate and the former mayor of South Bend, Ind. Buttigieg was confirmed to become secretary of transpor...

3 Feb 20213min

The Senate will vote at noon today on the nomination of Pete Buttigieg to head the Department of Transportation. During his Jan. 21 confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, Buttiegie...

2 Feb 20213min

The Maryland Department of Transportation has released its latest strategic highway safety plan, identifying actions to help eliminate fatalities on state roadways. Maryland has set a goal of zero veh...

1 Feb 20213min

Used Class 8 sales rose in December, marking a seventh consecutive month of year-over-year increases. Sales reached 21,500 compared with 19,300 a year earlier, according to an ACT Research Report. The...

29 Jan 20213min

Navistar announced yesterday it would develop a zero-emission longhaul truck using fuel cell systems supplied by General Motors. The goal is to bring an International RH Series FCEV model to commercia...

28 Jan 20213min

Trucking has embraced risk management and technology that drives efficiency in response to the coronavirus pandemic.That was the assessment by XPO Logistics CEO Brad Jacobs and FedEx Custom Critical C...

27 Jan 20212min