Jaxport Adds Two New Cranes to Boost Cargo Capacity
The cranes, built by German firm Liebherr, were delivered in multiple large components and are being assembled on-site. (Jacksonville Port Authority) Two new ship-to-shore container cranes have arrived at Jaxport’s Blount Island Marine Terminal, expanding the port’s capacity to handle larger vessels as part of a state-backed modernization push. The ...more
New NTDC History Book Celebrates Former Champions
The grand champion trophy on display at NTDC 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) COLUMBUS, Ohio ...more
Volvo Trucks Triples Demonstration Track Size
The Volvo Trucks Customer Center tripled the size of the customer experience track in Dublin, Va. (Volvo Trucks North America) ...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 in North America. Companies are ...more
Marathon to Shut Third-Largest US Oil Refinery After Fire
Smoke billows from a tank fire at the Marathon Petroleum facility in Garyville, La. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate ...more
July Cargo Volumes Decline at Most Ports
Houston Ship Channel will be 700 feet wide and about 46.5 feet deep after an expansion project is completed next ...more
Cruise, Waymo Cope With Robotaxi Backlash in San Francisco
A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco on Aug. 10. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Just before Patti Smith took the ...more
VIDEO: Truck driver woke up and chose violence against this day cab driver
A truck driver appears to intentionally ram into the side of a day cab in ...more
Electric semi truck maker suspects ‘foul play’ after semis burn at company headquarters in Phoenix
The Nikola Motor Company says that they believe that an early morning that destroyed several ...more
Former Longistics Transportation Chairman Duane Long Dies
Duane Long at the headquarters of Longistics in Raleigh in 2014. (John Sommers II for ...more
Parts, Labor Expenses Up More Than 8% Year-Over-Year in Q1
Parts costs rose more than 8% and labor 10%, respectively, in the first quarter of ...more
Rule Would Require First Responder Alerts After Derailment
This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that ...more
I-95 Bridge Repair: How NASCAR Is Helping Speed Things Along
Aerial view of the damaged section of I-95 in Philadelphia the day after the fire ...more
I-95 Bridge Repair: How NASCAR Helped Speed Things Along
Aerial view of the damaged section of I-95 in Philadelphia the day after the fire ...more
ATA’s Spear: Emission Mandates to Be Decade’s Defining Issue
ATA President Chris Spear speaks at the American Truck Dealers event. Spear urged government agencies ...more
Forgotten tool turns into deadly projectile after falling off flatbed
A woman is dead after a forgotten tool flew off of a flatbed trailer and ...more
Hegseth Orders Military to Address Moving ‘Deficiencies’
(HomeSafe Alliance) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has turned his attention to the troubled $17.9 billion ...more
Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Enforcement to become part of Iowa State Patrol
In just a few weeks, two major law enforcement agencies in Iowa will merge in ...more
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has received the go-ahead from federal officials to expand ...more
Company Earnings Guidance Is Wrong About 70% of the Time
The study surveyed 357 CFOs, investor-relations professionals and other executives at public companies in 2021. ...more
DOT Pauses Planned Workforce Cuts Due to Litigation
(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) The U.S. Department of Transportation said it’s pausing planned cuts to its ...more
Love’s issues scam warning involving EFS codes
Love’s Travel Stops has issued an alert to customers regarding a recent scam. Love’s sent ...more
US-China Trade Tensions Flare Again as Talks Stall
Beijing accused the U.S. of unilaterally introducing new discriminatory restrictions. (Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg) China accused the ...more