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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

Business, Technology, Top 100

Roadrunner Freight Partners With MyCarrierTMS

Roadrunner Freight, a business unit of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc., has partnered with MyCarrierTMS to offer customers a free transportation management system, according to a news release from both companies.

November 12, 2019
Government, Business

DOT Awards $900 Million in BUILD Grants

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has announced the latest recipients of the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development discretionary grants.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
November 12, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics

Truck Delivery App Wins Saudi Funds to Expand in Middle East

Trukker, a digital marketplace for land freight based in the United Arab Emirates, has raised one of the largest initial rounds of capital for a startup in the region.

Farah Elbahrawy | Bloomberg News
November 12, 2019
Business

Scandal-Hit Nissan’s Profits Crash Amid Lower Global Sales

TOKYO — Japanese automaker Nissan reported Nov. 12 that its July-September profit tumbled to half of what it earned the year before as sales and brand power crumbled following the arrest of its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn.

Yuri Kageyama | Associated Press
November 12, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel

ASCE to Unveil Puerto Rico Report Card Nov. 12

The American Society of Civil Engineers announced it plans to unveil a report card on Nov. 12 on the status of Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, two years after significant aspects of the island’s infrastructure were damaged severely as a result of two hurricanes.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
November 8, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel

Natural Gas Trucks Expand in Southern California Ports

Clean Energy Fuels is supplying 100 trucks from Southern California port trucking companies with its Redeem renewable natural gas.

November 8, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s Transportation Plan Includes Tolls

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has released a transportation plan that would be funded in part by electronic tolls.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
November 8, 2019
Business, Technology

Drivewyze Expands PreClear in Oregon

Drivewyze announced truck fleets and operators using its PreClear weigh station bypass service now will receive bypasses at 10 locations in Oregon.

November 8, 2019
Business, Equipment

DTNA Adds Alliance Parts Locations

Daimler Trucks North America announced its Alliance Parts brand expanded its retail footprint to 15 new locations during October and November.

November 8, 2019
Business, Logistics

Amazon Accused of Forcing Up Prices in Antitrust Complaint

In a letter sent to federal lawmakers, an online merchant has accused Amazon.com of forcing him and other sellers to use the company’s expensive logistics services, which in turn forces them to raise prices for consumers.

Spencer Soper | Bloomberg News
November 8, 2019