Transport Topics

Truck tonnage in May continued its downward year-over-year trend, dipping 1.3% when measured against the same month in 2022. However, on a month-to-month basis, the index increased a seasonally adjust...

21 Juni 20232min

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued final regulatory guidance on its definitions of ‘‘broker’’ and ‘‘bona fide agents,” including guidance on the role and activities of entities...

19 Juni 20233min

A tentative six-year agreement has been reached between the Pacific Maritime Association and the 22,000-member International Longshore and Warehouse Union, ending months of sometimes acrimonious negot...

16 Juni 20233min

U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks grew 28.6% in May compared with the year-ago period, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Total retail sales for Classes 4-7  trucks increased to 21,687 ...

15 Juni 20233min

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in May rose 16.4% from a year ago and also saw a month-to-month gain, Wards Intelligence reported. Class 8 sales for the month reached 24,111 units, up from 20,713 in May 202...

14 Juni 20232min

New York City officials will experiment this summer with a new system using delivery trucks to drop goods at special off-street or curbside microhubs, where they will be collected by cargo bikes and h...

13 Juni 20232min

President Biden has picked Polly Trottenberg, a longtime government official and current top aide in the Transportation Department, to serve as acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administrat...

12 Juni 20232min

Iowa is leading 19 states in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for backing California’s future ban on heavy diesel vehicles in a purported attempt to regulate traditional truc...

9 Juni 20233min