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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, Equipment

Mack Trucks, UAW Return to Negotiating Table

Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers Union are set to return to the negotiating table Oct. 23, seeking to end a heightened impasse over a new five-year labor agreement.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
October 23, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, For-Hire

Fleets Learn to Utilize In-Cab Technology

Some fleet operators are finding the right balance between software use and customization to map better routes, save money and simplify a wide array of functions.

Dan Calabrese | Special to Transport Topics
October 23, 2023
Business, For-Hire

Roadrunner Offers Free LTL Delivery on Late Shipments

Roadrunner is now offering free less-than-truckload freight delivery if the shipment does not arrive on the promised date, it said.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
October 23, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment

International S13 Powertrain Production Begins in Huntsville

Serial production of the International S13 integrated powertrain began Oct. 18 at the Huntsville, Ala., production facility operated by parent company Navistar, the company announced.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
October 23, 2023
Business, Equipment

UAW Adds Key Stellantis Pickup Truck Plant to Strikes

The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against big Detroit automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis.

October 23, 2023
Business, Fuel

Chevron Buys Hess for $53 Billion

Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge.

Michelle Chapman | Associated Press
October 23, 2023
Business, Safety

NTDC Champ Gragg Wilson Honored at MCE, Eyes 2024 Title Defense

NTDC Champ Gragg Wilson of UPS and Nevada reflects on his historic win this year after being honored at MCE 2023. 

October 22, 2023
Business, Safety

UPS’ Gragg Wilson Celebrated at MCE 2023 for NTDC Win

AUSTIN, Texas — Gragg Wilson, grand champion at this summer’s National Truck Driving Championships, touted the tournament’s focus on safety.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
October 20, 2023
Business, For-Hire

Knight-Swift Reports 69% Earnings Drop in Q3

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. on Oct. 19 reported that its third-quarter earnings dropped by 69% year-over-year, even as revenue increased.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
October 20, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, TCA

Rivian Opens Showroom in Georgia, Plans Factory

Electric vehicle maker Rivian opened a new retail and customer service space in the heart of Atlanta to showcase its vehicles and confirmed plans to break ground on a new Georgia factory.

Drew Kann | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 20, 2023