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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

Paccar Posts Strong 3Q Results on Truck Deliveries, Aftermarket Sales

Paccar Inc. reported a 35% jump in net income plus higher revenue for the third quarter as truck deliveries and aftermarket sales drove the results.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
October 23, 2018
Business, Technology, Logistics, TCA

E2open Buys Leading Ocean Freight Software Firm Inttra

E2open, an Austin-based software company that provides cloud-based services for the supply chain industry, said Oct. 22 that it had acquired New Jersey-based Inttra, a software company that provides various tools to shippers and carriers in the ocean freight industry.

Sebastian Herrera | Austin American Statesman
October 23, 2018
Business

TFI International Posts Strong Growth in 3Q

TFI International, one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in the United States and Canada, reported strong growth in revenue and operating profits across all of its business segments in the third quarter.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
October 23, 2018
Government, Business

Trade Tariffs Spark Surge in Lobbying

Companies and business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ramped up their spending on lobbying during the third quarter, as they sought to contain what they feel is damage from President Trump’s trade war.

Mark Niquette | Bloomberg News
October 23, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel

Diesel Slides 1.4¢ in First Decline Since Aug. 20

The U.S. average retail price of diesel inched down 1.4 cents to $3.380 a gallon as crude oil prices slipped amid growing U.S. inventories of crude.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
October 22, 2018
Business, Top 100

USA Truck Acquires Davis Transfer Co.

USA Truck announced the purchase of Davis Transfer Co., a family-owned trucking company based in Carnesville, Ga., for $53 million in cash and stock, a deal that signals the start of a more aggressive growth strategy at USA Truck by the company’s new management team.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
October 22, 2018
Government, Business

Trump Orders Federal Spending Cuts as Chao Touts Regulatory Streamlining

The U.S. Department of Transportation and other federal agencies have to come up with a 5% reduction in their budgets for next year, President Donald Trump told his Cabinet during a recent meeting at the White House.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
October 22, 2018
Business, Technology

Crowley Maritime Christens LNG-Powered Cargo Ship

Fair winds and following seas greeted El Coqui — hailed as the future of modern maritime trade with its cleaner-burning liquefied natural gas engines and cutting-edge technology — as she sailed Oct. 20 from Jacksonville with cargo bound for Puerto Rico.

Teresa Stepzinski | The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.)
October 22, 2018
Government, Business, Fuel

North Dakota Pipeline Company Gauges Interest in Expanding Oil Volume

BISMARCK, N.D. — The developer of the Dakota Access pipeline is gauging shippers’ interest in a possible expansion of the volume of crude oil moved through the pipeline from 500,000 barrels to 570,000 barrels per day, despite ongoing tribal efforts to shut the pipeline down.

October 22, 2018
Business

Canadian Pacific Reports Quarterly Revenue Record in 3Q

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. posted revenue of C$1.9 billion in the third quarter, a record for any quarter in company history, the Calgary, Alberta-based railroad announced Oct. 18.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
October 22, 2018