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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, Logistics, Global Freight

Trade Strains Boost Ocean Shipping Cargo Rates

Global goods trade is showing signs of accelerating after last year’s slump, pushing up shipping rates and giving some supply chain managers flashbacks to the demand spike three years ago.

Brendan Murray | Bloomberg News
May 28, 2024
Business, Technology

Toyota Shows ‘Engine Reborn’ With Green Fuel

Toyota announced that it would offer lean compact engines that also run on so-called green fuels like hydrogen and bioethanol, or get paired with zero-emission electric motors in hybrids.

Yuri Kageyama | Associated Press
May 28, 2024
Government, Business, Technology

Administration to Offer Carbon Credits for Scope 3 Emissions

The Biden administration is unveiling a framework for using carbon offsets to drive climate progress.

May 28, 2024
Business, Logistics, Breaking News

ATA Reports More Tonnage Declines for April

Truck tonnage continued to experience year-over-year declines in April, American Trucking Associations reported May 21.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
May 24, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

ZM to Bring Zero-Emission Work Trucks to North America

LAS VEGAS — ZM Trucks outlined its plans to enter the North American commercial vehicle market with a portfolio of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
May 24, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel

Pilot’s Wright: Companies Must Lead Sustainability Movement

LAS VEGAS — To provide a better understanding of the drive for innovation of alternative fuels and electrification, Pilot CEO Adam Wright told a story of his family vacation at a water park.

Michael Freeze | Features Editor
May 24, 2024
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Roadside Inspection Station Opens on Long Island Expressway

Truckers driving in New York on Interstate 495 along the Long Island Expressway will encounter a new commercial vehicle roadside inspection station in Suffolk County that opened in May.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
May 24, 2024
Business, Technology

Promoting Your Fleet Online With Testimonial Videos

Truckers convinced that there are few things more powerful in marketing than a positive, video testimonial from a driver or customer are in luck.

Joe Dysart | Webology 101
May 24, 2024
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Embracing the Possibilities: Trucking’s AI Transformation

The rise of artificial intelligence promises to change the way people work and how companies manage their businesses in all sorts of industries, and freight transportation is no exception.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
May 24, 2024
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

A New Wave of AI Is Coming to Trucking

Technology vendors serving the freight transportation industry are investing in AI to drive their product development and ultimately unlock higher levels of safety and productivity.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
May 24, 2024