August Class 8 Sales Down 1%
Daimler Truck North America’s Freightliner brand took the largest market share in August with 34.9% of all Class 8 sales. (John Smmers II for Transport Topics) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in August stayed about the same from the year-ago period but increased from the prior month, Wards Intelligence reported.Sales ...more
Think Tank Urges DOT to Begin National VMT Fee Pilot
Trucks line up at an inspection station. (Utah Department of Transportation) A Washington think tank is encouraging the federal government ...more
Driverless Trucks Face Regulatory Opposition in California
A Peterbilt-manufactured truck equipped with Kodiak Robotics' self-driving technology. (Raymond Rudolph/Kodiak Robotics) Driverless 18-wheel trucks won’t be driving down Interstate ...more
Amazon, Shopify Open Amazon Logistics Resources to Sellers
A box with Amazon Prime Day branded tape in a distribution cage at an Amazon fulfillment center in Dartford, U.K. ...more
Locomotive Manufacturer, Union Agree to End Two-Month Strike
Wabtec's FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives at the Freight 2030 event on Sept. 10, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Ed Rieker/Associated Press for Wabtec) ...more
Used Truck Market Can Likely Handle Yellow Liquidation
Yellow trucks at a YRC facility in Richfield, Ohio, on July 29. (Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press) Used trucks and trailers owned ...more
Florida Starts to Recover as Idalia Rain Hits North Carolina
Reporters wade through floodwaters in downtown Tarpon Springs, Fla., area after Hurricane Idalia passed offshore on Aug. 30. (Joe Raedle/Getty ...more
United Auto Workers Clear Path to Strike If Talks Fail
UAW’s strike fund has more than $825 million in it. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News) The United ...more
Port of Savannah Adds Four Ship-to-Shore Cranes
Four Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes are delivered to the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal. ...more
Railroads Resist Joining Safety Hotline
The major freight railroads had promised in March to join the hotline program. (JerryB7 via ...more
Workers Win Raises at GM Ultium Cells Battery Plant
The 1,100 workers at the Ultium Cells plant near Warren, Ohio, will get $3- to ...more
Instacart Files for IPO Revealing Profit, PepsiCo Investment
The Instacart logo on a smartphone seen in a shopping bag. (Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg News via ...more
New NTDC History Book Celebrates Former Champions
The grand champion trophy on display at NTDC 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. (John Sommers II ...more
Volvo Trucks Triples Demonstration Track Size
The Volvo Trucks Customer Center tripled the size of the customer experience track in Dublin, ...more
About Us: Transport Topics’ Top 100 Private Carriers for 2023
ImageThe Transport Topics Top 100 Private Carriers is a listing of the largest corporate-owned truck fleets ...more
Dash cam shows trucker becoming part of 100 vehicle pileup in Ontario
A trucker’s dash cam was rolling as it slammed into several crashed vehicles, becoming part ...more
Secretaries Granholm, Buttigieg to Headline 2023 TRB Conference
Biden administration Cabinet secretaries Pete Buttigieg and Jennifer Granholm are headlining this year’s annual meeting ...more
