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Dan Ronan

Senior Reporter

Dan Ronan is the Managing Producer-Multimedia/Senior Reporter for Transport Topics, the leading online and print publication covering the trucking, freight and logistics industry.


Business, Logistics

Union Pacific Posts Profit, Revenue Declines in Q2

Class I railroad Union Pacific saw second-quarter income and revenue fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 27, 2020
Business

CSX Earnings Slump in Q2 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

CSX Corp. became the latest Class I freight railroad to report lower earnings because of the COVID-19 pandemic when it reported second-quarter results July 22.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 27, 2020
Business

Kansas City Southern’s Q2 Profit, Revenue Decline

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Kansas City Southern’s second-quarter profits as net income slipped to $110.3 million or $1.16 per share, compared with $129.1 million or $1.29 per share in second-quarter 2019, the Class I railroad reported July 17.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 22, 2020
Business, Logistics

Canadian National Q2 Earnings Squeezed by Pandemic

Canadian National Railway is the latest Class I railroad to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 22, 2020
Business, Logistics, Breaking News

June Tonnage Dips 1.3% Year-Over-Year

Truck tonnage in June declined 1.3% when compared with year-ago levels, but on a monthly basis surged 8.7% above May.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 21, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Slips 0.5¢ After Six Straight Increases

After six consecutive weeks of increases, the national retail price of diesel fuel fell by five-tenths of a cent to $2.433 a gallon from $2.438 the previous week.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 20, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

COVID-19 Continues to Damage Business at Nation’s Ports on Both Coasts

The COVID-19 pandemic and Trump administration trade policies with China will result in at least a 15% drop in cargo this year at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s busiest seaport.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 17, 2020
Government, Business

Economic Recovery Threatened by COVID-19 Resurgence, Experts Say

The U.S. economy, which had begun to improve, is now in jeopardy of stalling amid rising cases of COVID-19 infections.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 15, 2020
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

Trucking Freight Increases 3% Year-Over-Year, ATA Report Says

The trucking industry collectively moved 11.84 billion tons of freight in 2019, according to American Trucking Associations’ annual data compendium — ATA American Trucking Trends 2020 — which was released July 13. That figure is a 3% year-over-year increase from 2018’s 11.49 tons of freight.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 14, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Continues Slow, Steady Upward Climb

The national average retail price of diesel rose for the fifth consecutive week, up seven-tenths of a cent to $2.437 a gallon.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
July 6, 2020