Transport Topics

For the 2021 edition of our Top 50 Logistics Companies list, we’ve decided to use a different metric — gross revenue — to rank the largest third-party logistics providers in North America. That’s a de...

5 Apr 20213min

Now that President Joe Biden has announced his plan to spend $2.25 trillion on infrastructure and other priorities, he has assembled a five-person sales team to help him garner support for the plan wi...

2 Apr 20213min

President Joe Biden unveiled his administration’s ambitious public works plan yesterday, ending months of speculation about what would be included. The proposal totals about $2.25 trillion in spending...

1 Apr 20213min

A bill designed to facilitate access to parking for commercial vehicles recently was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act aims to mitigate a shorta...

31 Mars 20213min

After nearly a week of blockage, the Suez Canal has finally reopened to containership traffic. Workers yesterday successfully set free the Ever Given containership that had been stuck sideways across ...

30 Mars 20212min

Truck makers say vehicle production is at risk as the demand for computer chips exceeds supply in a widening environment of supply chain disruptions. The semiconductor shortage arose when the demand f...

29 Mars 20212min

Trucking companies are continuing to boost compensation packages in efforts to meet the challenges posed by the pandemic and the ongoing driver shortage. Asset-based regional and national carrier Carg...

26 Mars 20213min

A giant containership has blocked up the Suez Canal this week, halting movement in one of the busiest trade routes in the world. The containership, which is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, ran a...

25 Mars 20213min