Business
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.
Daimler Trucks Debuts Self-Driving ‘Future Truck 2025’
Daimler Trucks debuted its self-driving “Future Truck 2025” during an on-highway test drive on a section of the autobahn near Magdeburg, Germany.
July 7, 2014Intermodal Rail Volume Rises 6.7% in June
Intermodal rail volume for June rose 6.7% compared with the same time last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.
July 7, 2014Opinion: Driver Satisfaction About More Than Pay
A lot of attention has been given recently to the ongoing driver shortage and the various strategies to resolve it. Much of the focus has been on driver pay.
July 7, 2014Editorial: Trouble Pounding at the Door
Normally, our Johnny One-Note shrillness on public finance focuses on the pressing need for nationwide transportation infrastructure that would allow the U.S. economy to grow strongly.
July 7, 2014Obama: Fund Roads Now
President Obama chided Congress last week for not rectifying the crisis in the Highway Trust Fund, while the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it will begin rationing the reimbursements it sends states for highway work already done.
July 7, 2014Trucking Stocks Soar in 2014, Beat Major Market Indexes
Trucking stock prices this year have soared past the broader stock market that is hovering around record levels, propelled by tight capacity and improving freight-industry expectations.
July 7, 2014Sales of Used Class 8s Decline, But Prices, Demand Still Strong
The number of used Class 8 trucks sold fell 12% in May from April, but prices and demand remained strong for low-mileage trucks, analysts and dealers said last week.
July 7, 2014Large Police Group Endorses Senate Push to Suspend Last Year’s HOS Restart Changes
The National Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed suspending the year-old federal hours-of-service rule change, a proposal senators are expected to take up before their August recess.
July 7, 2014Port of Long Beach Names New Director
The Port of Long Beach, California, last week named Jon Slangerup as its new executive director.
July 7, 2014Load Matcher Cargomatic Starts App-Based Service
The fledgling load-matching service Cargomatic is bidding to capitalize on unused capacity in local trucking markets by using a wireless or smart-phone application, beginning with Southern California.
July 7, 2014