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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

FTR: Class 8 Truck Production Outpacing Expectations

Speaking at the FTR Transportation Conference 2024 in Indianapolis, Dan Moyer said he would have expected build levels to decline, but that has not happened.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
September 10, 2024
Business, Technology, Fuel

Brookfield Commits $1.1B to Infinium’s Low-Carbon Fuel Growth

Brookfield Asset Management is investing up to $1.1 billion in the low-carbon e-fuels startup Infinium.

Joe Ryan and Michelle Ma | Bloomberg News
September 10, 2024
Business, Equipment

Class 8 Truck Orders Drop 16% Year Over Year in August

North American Class 8 truck orders continued to trend below the year-ago period in August, according to ACT Research. Preliminary data showed orders fell 16% to 16,400 units, but were up from July. 

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
September 10, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Maine’s Coburn Gore Border Port Set for $85M Expansion

Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2026 to update the Coburn Gore land port of entry.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
September 10, 2024
Government, Business, Fuel

US Oil Demand to Plateau This Year, EIA Says

U.S. oil demand growth is forecast to plateau this year, in the latest bearish indicator for the market, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Antonia Mufarech | Bloomberg News
September 10, 2024
Business, Equipment

VW Scraps German Jobs Guarantee to Cut Costs

Volkswagen is ending job protections for auto workers in Germany as part of its cost-cutting push, setting up a showdown with unions.

Monica Raymunt | Bloomberg News
September 10, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

UPS to Acquire German Cold Chain Company

UPS is acquiring a German firm that specializes in temperature-sensitive shipping to expand its health care logistics capabilities in Europe, the company announced Sept. 10.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 10, 2024
Business, Logistics, For-Hire, TCA

UPS to Lay Off More Employees to Boost Profitability

UPS Inc. is laying off more of its employees, after earlier this year announcing it was cutting 12,000 jobs in its management ranks.

Kelly Yamanouchi | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 10, 2024
Government, Business, Safety

Most Households Accept East Palestine Derailment Settlement

Very few people who live near the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment opted out of a $600 million class action settlement.

Josh Funk | Associated Press
September 10, 2024
Business, Fuel

World’s Top Oil Traders See Boom Years Fade

The world’s top commodity merchants are grappling with a tougher environment for trading oil as seismic market events of the past few years start to lose their impact.

September 10, 2024