Transport Topics

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about expected demand for Class 8 trucks, a California bill that would require a human driver behind the wheel of autonomous trucks, and an update to tolling on the Kansas Turnpike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about Alvin Brown’s nomination to the NTSB, defects found in Union Pacific locomotives and railcars, and groundbreaking for an expanded biodiesel facility in Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about UPS raising its prices, DHL Express opening an international shipping route to South America and an executive-level shake-up continuing at logistics start-up Flexport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about used Class 8 sales declining in July, Class 8 orders in August ending a three-month streak of positive year-over-year gains and how California is missing its targets for developing electric vehicle chargers for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about a collaboration involving Daimler, Paccar and Accelera by Cummins, the Jacksonville Port Authority making a sizable equipment investment and Canadian startup eLeapPower’s plans for the medium-duty battery-electric truck market in North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about a pair of upcoming studies conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and a commercial driver license program in Georgia that is getting a boost from a federal grant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about a think tank urging the U.S. government to consider a vehicle-miles-traveled pilot program, the Panama Canal slowdown’s effect on trucking and a bill being considered in the California Legislature that would affect autonomous trucking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about the liquidation of Yellow’s trucks and trailers, a merger of two groups at Eaton Corp. and a move by the Biden administration to help auto plants prepare for the electrification of the vehicle industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about a review of the federal motor carrier fitness rating system, a push for alternatives to electric trucks when it comes to reducing emissions and the number of traffic fatalities in the first half of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about emergency waivers for truckers in Florida as Hurricane Idalia bears down, Tesla being in hot water with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over its Autopilot feature and a look at the consumer confidence level as August comes to a close. Learn more about your ad ch...

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about how Florida’s fuel supplies are getting squeezed, a tire recall from Yokohama and a look at cargo securement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on a union strike authorization, an upgraded test track facility and the release of our latest Top 100 rankings.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on cargo freight volume for July, a new age requirement for Uber drivers in California, and a drone delivery service that is spreading its wings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on an acquisition of a logistics company, an appeal of a nuclear verdict, and a new electric truck rolling off an assembly line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on the UPS labor deal, truck tonnage data for July and concerns over the Kroger-Albertsons merger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on CDL tests in Pennsylvania, staged accidents in New Orleans and a record for the Port of Baltimore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Georgia’s reinstatement this year of motor fuel taxes helped the state collect 13.1% more revenue to reach nearly $2.5 billion in July compared with the previous year. Gov. Brian Kemp’s office announced Aug. 10 that the double-digit increase for that month was mainly due to reinstating the state’s motor fuel excise tax. Kemp’s announcement noted the state had suspended fuel tax collection from Mar...

Estes Express Lines is first in line to buy the terminals, tractors and trailers of bankrupt less-than-truckload rival Yellow Corp. after agreeing to submit a $1.3 billion stalking horse bid, a court heard Aug. 17. Richmond-Va.-based Estes will not, however, provide a $230 million loan to Yellow, as was under discussion the last time the U.S. Bankruptcy Court–District of Delaware heard from lawyer...

An affiliate of the investment firm Citadel has acquired roughly $485 million in Yellow Corp. debt previously owned by Apollo Global Management Inc. and other senior lenders to the bankrupt trucking firm, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal comes as Yellow seeks to secure a bankruptcy loan to fund its liquidation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

U.S. retail sales for medium-duty trucks grew 10.9% in July compared with the year-ago period, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Total retail sales for Class 4 through Class 7 trucks increased to 19,618 units from 17,682 units, marking the fourth consecutive month showing a gain from the prior year. Freightliner sold the most Class 7 trucks at 1,909 units. It also sold the most in Class 6...

Nikola Corp. will recall trucks and temporarily stop sales after several battery fires. The company will call back roughly 209 of its Tre trucks after a third-party investigator found a coolant leak was likely behind a blaze at the company’s Phoenix headquarters in June. While Nikola said its vehicles can remain in operation, it advised customers and dealers to park outside until a fix is ready in...

Yellow Corp. continues to work with potential financiers, including rival Estes Express Lines, that are offering alternative bankruptcy financing for the less-than-truckload company that’s more affordable than a loan from lenders led by Apollo Global Management. Yellow lawyer Patrick Nash said Aug. 11 during a court hearing that funders are offering to provide a Chapter 11 loan to the company with...

Forward Air Corp. and Omni Logistics announced Aug. 10 that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in a cash-and-stock transaction. Forward said the combined company will create a scaled, premier and high-value less-than-truckload enterprise focused on providing customers with multimodal service for complex, high-service and high-value freight needs. The board of directors at bot...

The Federal Railroad Administration released a 143-page report on railroad Norfolk Southern’s safety culture Aug. 9. The agency has worked on the report since thousands of people had to evacuate their homes after the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment in February. Though the report acknowledged the railroad has made improvements, poor communication and mistrust between employees and managers are hin...

UPS Inc. executives said Aug. 8 that second-quarter profits decreased year-over-year for the parcel carrier as it lost more business to rivals than expected because of the uncertainty surrounding high-profile labor negotiations with the Teamsters union. The Atlanta-based company reported net income of $2.08 billion in the three months that ended June 30, compared with a profit of $2.19 billion in...