Equipment
Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices.
US Senate Transportation Policymakers Press for Pipeline Security
The leaders of the U.S. Senate’s freight committee called on the Biden administration, congressional colleagues and private industry stakeholders to enhance security operations following the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline.
How Drones Help Workers Inspect Wind Turbines
Nearthlab’s drones use artificial intelligence and laser technologies to help pinpoint potential damage and reduce the chance of accidents during human inspections of wind turbines.
Boeing Climbs on First Profit Since 2019 as COVID, Max Woes Ease
Boeing Co. earned a profit for the first time in nearly two years, surprising Wall Street and hinting at a potential turnaround after one of the worst financial crises in the planemaker’s centurylong history. The shares jumped.
Paccar Q2 Results Ride Surge in Truck Deliveries, Parts, Financial Services
Paccar Inc. reported second-quarter earnings and revenue soared compared with a year earlier amid improved truck deliveries, and record performance at its parts and financial service segments.
VTNA Introduces New Premium Service Offering
Volvo Trucks North America announced its Volvo Blue Contract service offering, a premium plan for new trucks.
July 27, 2021Rush Enterprises Rides Parts, Truck Sales to Higher Earnings
Truck dealership Rush Enterprises reported decidedly higher net income and revenue for the second quarter as the nation’s economy and the company’s markets bounced back.
US Senators Introduce Bill to Repeal Excise Tax on New Trucks
Two U.S. senators proposed repealing the excise tax on new trucks as an effort to modernize the freight industry.
CARB Approves Amendments to Onboard Diagnostic System Regulations
California Air Resources Board members have unanimously approved amendments to light-, medium- and heavy-truck onboard diagnostic system regulations that will require more data to be stored by the OBD systems, and address issues regarding several malfunction monitors.
XL Fleet, eNow Partner on Refrigerated Trailers
XL Fleet Corp. announced an agreement and an investment in eNow Inc., a provider of solar and battery power systems that enable fully electric transport refrigeration units for commercial vehicle trailers.
July 23, 2021Introducing Calibrate, Our New Publication
The trucking industry is in a constant cycle of change, but it’s not so much a change as it is a calibration, an adjustment. So too it is in publishing. The Transport Topics quarterly Equipment & Maintenance Update is now Calibrate.