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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, Equipment, Autonomous

Automated and Electric Vehicles

The Technology & Maintenance Council is evolving to contend with the necessary maintenance and specification issues that are arising as a result of two advanced technologies that are fast becoming part of today’s trucking scene.

Jack Legler | Technical Director, Technology & Maintenance Council
April 26, 2019
Business, Equipment

Avoid the Dreaded 'D' Word

Problems with engine exhaust aftertreatment systems have been near the top of the trucking maintenance list in recent years. Those components are often a key cause of the dreaded “D” word: downtime.

Fran Matso Lysiak | Features Editor
April 26, 2019
Business, Equipment, Fuel

The Upside of Downspeeding

Industry experts and fleets tell us that engine downspeeding is a great way to save fuel at highway speeds and that it affords additional benefits.

John Baxter | Special to Transport Topics
April 26, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

Fine-Tuning Truck Filtration

Effective filtration systems always have played an integral role in the daily life of a truck’s lubrication, air intake and fueling processes.

April 26, 2019
Government, Business, Top 100

Celadon to Pay $42.2 Million After Admitting to Accounting Fraud

Celadon Group Inc. has agreed to pay $42.2 million to settle a federal investigation into allegations that a prior management team and a subsidiary company filed false and misleading statements to investors regarding tractors and trailers leased to owner-operators.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
April 25, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Editorial

Editorial: Old Man Winter Can’t Stop Freight

With quarterly earnings underway, we’re getting a look at how the industry fared during the first three months of 2019, a year which some have predicted could mark the beginning of a cooldown from last year’s red-hot freight market. Turns out the start of this year for freight haulers wasn’t marked so much by a cooldown as it was cold and snowy weather.

April 25, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100

Marten Transport Posts Record Results in First Quarter

Marten Transport Ltd. reported its best first-quarter operating revenue in the company’s 73-year history, according to an April 16 news release.

Jim Stinson | Staff Reporter
April 25, 2019
Business, Logistics

Amazon Will Spend $800 Million to Move to One-Day Delivery

Amazon.com will spend $800 million in the current quarter to increase delivery speed for Prime members to one day from two, the company announced April 25.

April 25, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics

Amazon’s Profit Surges on Cloud Computing, Advertising Gains

Amazon.com reported quarterly profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates, demonstrating the company’s focus on cloud computing, advertising and other high-margin businesses continues to pay off.

Matt Day | Bloomberg News
April 25, 2019
Business, Logistics, Top 100

TFI International Reports Record Results for 1Q

Another quarter, another record for TFI International when the Montreal-based conglomerate released its first-quarter financial report April 23.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
April 25, 2019