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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.

Letters to the Editor, Business, Safety, Government

Letters: CSA (Cont’d.), Regulating Safety, Son of Broker Wars, No Horns Please!

In response to “Opinion” by James Hardman, I would agree with everything he has said, and I understand how he has come to his conclusion, based on reading articles on CSA rules and regulations.

August 16, 2010
Editorial, Business, Autonomous

Trucks Are Ready, Is the Freight?

The good news is that the trucking business is pretty good and is getting better. The bad news is that the economy is somewhat better, but it’s not getting better fast enough or strongly enough. And that’s where our troubles begin.

August 16, 2010
Business

Daimler, Navistar Escalate Feud Over Rival 2010 Engine Systems

Daimler Trucks North America revved up the dispute between proponents of the two different diesel emissions reduction technologies, saying in a widely distributed letter to the trucking industry that rival Navistar Inc. “intentionally confused customers with fear-mongering, deception and distraction.”

August 16, 2010
Business, Technology

PeopleNet Previews New Display Upgrade

BOCA RATON, Fla. — PeopleNet unveiled here the first display upgrade for its mobile communication system since 2007, one intended for use outside a truck.

August 16, 2010
Business

Con-way’s Krites Named Champ In His Rookie Year at NTDC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion said he would like to think that he had a little help clinching top honors.

August 16, 2010
Business

July Class 8 Sales Rise 27.8%

Heavy-duty U.S. retail truck sales continued their steady climb last month, increasing 27.8% compared with July 2009, according to the most recent survey from WardsAuto.com.

August 16, 2010
Business

Truckers Will Not Have to Submit Report Unless Chassis Is Defective, FMCSA Rules

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it has dropped a requirement that truckers submit a chassis condition report even if the equipment is not defective.

August 16, 2010
Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment, Government, Autonomous

CSA Changes Increase Focus on Cargo, Driver Fitness

The changes the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making to its CSA safety-monitoring system will lead to increased enforcement in the two areas that correlate least with future crash risk, an examination of the revisions has found.

August 16, 2010
Business

Trucking Adds 5,900 Jobs in July

Trucking added 5,900 jobs in July as payrolls in the private business sector increased by 71,000, despite an overall loss of 131,000 jobs, largely because temporary census jobs ended, the Department of Labor reported Aug. 6.

August 16, 2010
Business, Equipment

ATA Opposes EPA Plan To Label Tires as Waste

An Environmental Protection Agency proposal to designate scrap tires and used oil as solid waste could be extremely costly for the trucking industry, American Trucking Associations said.

August 16, 2010