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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.


Government, Business, Safety

USMCA Moves Closer to Implementation as Canada Gives Its OK

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement has moved one step closer to being ratified by all three nations.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 14, 2020
Government, Business

Coronavirus Concerns Force Cancellation of Mid-America Trucking Show

Due to concerns over the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, officials with the Mid-America Trucking Show announced on March 12 the show scheduled for March 26-28 in Louisville has been canceled.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 12, 2020
Business, Logistics

Supply Chain Disruptions Rise Due to Virus

The coronavirus is having a growing impact on supply chains, according to a new survey by the Institute for Supply Management in a report the Tempe, Ariz.-based nonprofit released March 11.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 12, 2020
Business, Logistics, Breaking News

UPS Names Next CEO; Tomé to Succeed Abney

UPS Inc. on March 12 announced a leadership succession plan that named former Home Depot Chief Financial Officer Carol Tomé as the company’s next CEO, succeeding David Abney.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 11, 2020
Business, Logistics

Ports Post Volume Declines Over Coronavirus Fears

Newly released figures from some of the nation’s major ports show cargo volumes are slumping as they struggle to recover from the U.S.-China trade war and now the steep downturn in factory output from China in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 10, 2020
Business

Mike Lenz to Succeed Alan Graf as FedEx CFO

FedEx. Corp. announced a major change in leadership March 9.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 10, 2020
Government, Business

Economic Concern Spreads in US Along With Coronavirus

Rick Cotton, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is being treated for the coronavirus after testing positive, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced March 9.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 9, 2020
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Autonomous Tech Company Locomation Signs Deal With Wilson Logistics

Autonomous-trucking technology provider Locomation and Wilson Logistics, a Springfield, Mo.-based trucking and transportation logistics company, have announced a multiyear partnership.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 9, 2020
Business, Logistics, Top 100

CRST Buys New Jersey-Based Final-Mile Logistics Company NAL Group

CRST International on March 2 announced it had acquired final-mile specialist NAL Group. Financial terms of the agreement were not made public.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 3, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

Bayonne Bridge Expansion Pays Big Dividends for Port of N.Y.-N.J.

Nearly a year after the Port of New York and New Jersey rededicated the raised Bayonne Bridge over the Kill Van Kull tidal strait connecting Bayonne, N.J., with Staten Island, N.Y., officials say the project is paying big economic dividends.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
March 3, 2020