Transport Topics (December 29, 2020)
American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said he believes the trucking industry has performed beyond expectations in a year defined by monumental challenges. In an interview with Transport...
29 Des 20203min
Transport Topics (December 28, 2020)
Nikola and Republic Services have discontinued their collaboration on refuse truck development and canceled Republic’s August order for at least 2,500 trucks. The deal had previously been viewed as th...
28 Des 20203min
Transport Topics (December 23, 2020)
Truck tonnage in November declined a seasonally adjusted 3.8%, according to an American Trucking Associations report published yesterday. That marks the eighth consecutive month of year-over-year decl...
23 Des 20202min
Transport Topics (December 22, 2020)
Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for transportation secretary, explained Sunday that his agenda would focus on climate change initiatives, expanding the workforce and maintaining safet...
22 Des 20203min
Transport Topics (Dec. 21, 2020)
Trucking is responsible for 83% of the nation’s agricultural freight movement by tonnage, according to a report published this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Trucks also accounted for 5...
21 Des 20203min
Transport Topics (Dec. 18, 2020)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published a final rule to increase flexibility in the commercial driver license skills test process. The final rule allows states to permit third-pa...
18 Des 20203min
Transport Topics (December 17, 2020)
The distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. hit its first speed bumps, officials said Dec. 16. First, four delivery trays of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were pulled back from delivery to Califo...
17 Des 20203min
Transport Topics (Dec. 16, 2020)
Pete Buttigieg, the former Democratic presidential candidate as well as former mayor of South Bend, Ind., will be nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Biden administration...
16 Des 20203min
