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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. 

Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Detroit Adds New Features to Suite of Safety Systems

Detroit announced it added new features to its Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems for the Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 49X models spec’d with a Detroit powertrain.

June 4, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

New DTNA CEO John O’Leary Notes Industrywide Challenges, Strong Demand for Company's Brands

In the months since taking the CEO reins at Daimler Trucks North America, John O’Leary has watched the trucking industry deliver a response he described as “remarkable” to the unprecedented disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. He believes emerging opportunities and lessons learned position the industry for recovery and growth.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
June 3, 2021
Business, Equipment, Top 100

May Class 8 Orders Fall to 22,900

Class 8 preliminary orders for May fell to the lowest point since August, settling just below 23,000 as the industry paused amid little chance to join this year’s orders backlog, ACT Research reported, citing truck makers’ initial data.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
June 3, 2021
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Rail Customers Express Concern Over CN-KCS Merger

As leaders from Canadian National Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway promote their proposed merger, concerns are growing among some of their customers.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
June 3, 2021
Business, Equipment, TCA

Autocar Rolls Out a ‘Badass’ New Vocational Truck

Autocar is so proud of its new model dump truck, the DC-64D, the company wants people to think of it by the term it’s planning to trademark — Badass.

William Thornton | Alabama Media Group
June 2, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment

Dana Builds Its Way Into Expanding Commercial EV Market

Tier One supplier Dana Inc. invested more than $400 million over the past three years to get its electrification product portfolio in shape as it aims for a revenue target of $500 million from that by 2023.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
June 2, 2021
Government, Equipment

Five More Plead Guilty to Staged Accidents in New Orleans

A total of five individuals have pleaded guilty to staging two accidents in the New Orleans area with tractor-trailers in 2017, and obtaining fraudulent financial settlements totaling more than $282,000.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
June 2, 2021
Equipment

Want To Take Repairs In-House?

If you’ve thought about taking your repair and maintenance work in-house, then Fullbay’s “How to Grow & Scale Your Repair Shop” is the ebook for you! Check out this free download to learn more about building out a new department, hiring, and much more.

June 1, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Logistics

Volvo, Albertsons Complete First Zero-Emission Frozen Food Shipment

Albertsons Cos. completed the nation’s first delivery of a refrigerated grocery load with zero-tailpipe emissions technology by deploying a Volvo electric truck and an Advanced Energy Machines electric trailer.

Jerry Hirsch | Contributing Writer
June 1, 2021
Government, Business, Equipment, Logistics, TCA

Pallet Makers Hit by Supply Shortages as Demand Rises

In our worldwide economy, the humble pine pallet is the way that goods move around the globe. Demand for pallets is so great that American manufacturers churn out nearly 1 billion of them every year. And right now, it’s not enough.

John Reinan | Star Tribune
June 1, 2021