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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, Safety

NTDC Champ Roland Bolduc Honored at MCE 2022

SAN DIEGO — National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion Roland Bolduc celebrated drivers’ contributions to the country at American Trucking Associations’ 2022 Management Conference & Exhibition.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
October 31, 2022
Business, Safety

NTDC Champ Roland Bolduc Already Eyeing 2023

Video: Honored at MCE 2022, NTDC 2022 Grand Champion Roland Bolduc talks about already setting his sights on another title in 2023.

October 31, 2022
Government, Business, Fuel

Gasoline Prices Are Rising Again as Big Oil Profits Soar

U.S. gasoline prices are on the rise for the first time in 16 days, potentially posing a political challenge for the Biden administration ahead of elections even as it casts a spotlight on Big Oil’s massive profits.

Chunzi Xu | Bloomberg News
October 28, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment

Clarience Introduces New Fleet Management Platform

SAN DIEGO — Road Ready, a brand of Clarience Technologies, introduced a new fleet management platform that leverages application programming interface techniques to enable the integration and exchange of data.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
October 28, 2022
Business

Universal Logistics Reports Record Results for Q3

Universal Logistics Holdings set all-time records for total operating income and earnings per share during the third quarter of 2022, the company reported Oct. 27.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
October 28, 2022
Government, Business, Fuel

South Dakota Issues HOS Executive Order for Fuel Delivery

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem issued an emergency hours-of-service waiver for fuel deliveries to better prepare for harvest season and colder weather amid low diesel and gas supplies.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
October 28, 2022
Business, Safety

Hero Daniel Harmon: Helping Kentucky Flood Victims Whose Homes Washed Away

Daniel Harmon understood what people in Kentucky were confronting when flooding overwhelmed parts of the state in July. The West Virginia native has experienced it, and when he saw it happening to neighboring Kentucky, he wanted to help.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
October 28, 2022
Business, Safety

Hero Sergey Bort: Striving to Aid Embattled Ukrainians

When Russian military forces invaded Ukraine in February, Sergey Bort’s thoughts immediately turned to family.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
October 28, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Truckers Express Concern as California Lawmakers Seek to Phase Out Diesel Big Rigs

From truckers to railroaders, commenters testifying at an Oct. 27 public hearing and in writing expressed concerns ranging from the cost of new electric trucks to the adequacy of charging infrastructure when California’s proposed Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation takes effect beginning in 2024.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
October 28, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, TCA

Cleveland Matchmaking App for Trucking Raises $4.4 Million

A Cleveland-based startup has a solution to the trucker shortage: matchmaking. Software company Drive My Way lets drivers create profiles where they describe what they’re looking for in a working relationship.

Sean McDonnell | cleveland.com
October 28, 2022