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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, Fuel

Momentum Adds Enhanced Electronics Communication System

Momentum Fuel Technologies introduced GreenLync 2.0, an enhanced electronics communication system for its line of compressed natural gas fuel systems for Class 6-8 trucks.

March 12, 2018
Business, Logistics

Hornady Launches Minimum Pay Plan for Drivers

Hornady Transportation this month began a driver compensation program designed to give drivers a guaranteed weekly gross minimum pay.

March 12, 2018
Business, Fuel

Shell Joins Board of the California Fuel Cell Partnership

The California Fuel Cell Partnership announced Shell has become a member of its executive board. Shell is the first energy company to join the board.

March 12, 2018
Government, Business, Technology

California Highway Patrol Program Catches L.A. Cargo Crooks

The California Highway Patrol Cargo Theft Interdiction Program in February arrested 15 members of a suspected theft crew in Los Angeles County following a seven-month investigation of organized commercial burglary. The total value of the stolen cargo was more than $1 million.

March 12, 2018
Government, Business

Outsize Gains in US Employment Show Scope for Economic Growth

The U.S. labor market still has plenty of room to run. That’s the message from government data on March 9, which gave multiple indications America’s jobs situation isn’t as tight as previously thought, sending stocks and bond yields higher.

March 12, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, TCA

PeopleNet’s Cameras Get More Eyes on the Road to Help Make Better Drivers

More eyes on the road can help make car and truck operators better drivers. hat’s the idea behind the Video Intelligence system from Minnetonka, Minn.,-based PeopleNet.

Patrick Kennedy | Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
March 12, 2018
Government, Business

Capitol Agenda for the Week of March 12: 500 Days of Summer

With the country fixated on college basketball, Speaker Paul Ryan shed light on his vision for infrastructure policy. A look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
March 12, 2018
Business

Full Service Lease: Get More from Your Fleet for Less

This report illustrates the results achieved by three different companies when they questioned whether it was better to lease or own their fleet. How did their decision affect not only their transportation costs, but how their business runs?

March 12, 2018
Business, Safety, TCA

UPS Driver With 25 Years Of Crash-Free Driving Shares His Safety Tips

Robert Gomez Jr. has been driving the UPS Inc. signature big, brown trucks around Southern Arizona since the mid-1980s. He also has the distinction of being crash-free for 25 consecutive years behind the wheel.

Murphy Woodhouse | The Arizona Daily Star
March 12, 2018
Business

Wabco Hires Roberto Fioroni as Chief Financial Officer

Wabco Holdings Inc. appointed Roberto Fioroni as chief financial officer, effective June 6.

March 12, 2018