Episodes
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about another attempt by California lawmakers to keep drivers in autonomous trucks, earnings reports from Eaton, Paccar, and Werner, and a trucking executive speaking on Capitol Hill about the timeline of the industry adopting electric trucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 05/02/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about the denial of a CDL skills test petition, earnings for Saia and ArcBest, and a new Ryder facility in El Paso, Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 05/01/24
Published 05/01/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about an annual forum hosted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the death of a U.S. congressional representative from New Jersey, and a look at the resilience of the supply chain and logistics companies over the past few years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/30/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about FMCSA developing a new online registration process, Tesla’s long-awaited Semi Class 8 tractor and the NTSB chairwoman’s nomination to continue in her role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/26/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about the White House’s push to decarbonize the freight industry, a new chief executive at a major for-hire carrier and Norfolk Southern’s business strategy in the wake of its recent settlement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/25/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about truck tonnage volume, a study on the benefits of renewable diesel and a deeper channel for commercial vessels opening at the Port of Baltimore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/24/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger, Tesla’s price cuts and a new backing speed limiter feature for facilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/23/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing  includes concerning news among transportation stocks, an update on salvage efforts in Baltimore, and why you might not want to “floor it” in your new Cybertruck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/22/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes updates on efforts to obtain funding to rebuild the collapsed bridge in Baltimore plus the port closure’s impact on prices. And we have the latest trailer order numbers from March. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/19/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on five companies planning to merge into one large carrier, and two companies early out of the gate with earnings reports for the first quarter of 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/18/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on medium-duty truck sales, a new tolling system on the Ohio Turnpike, and a look at the advantages and drawbacks of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/17/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on the release of TT’s Top 100 logistics rankings, Volvo Trucks North America, and the Transportation Intermediaries Association’s conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/16/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on Volvo’s plans to build a plant in Mexico, takeaways from the TIA conference in Phoenix and the effects of Ukraine’s drone attacks on Russia’s oil refineries on global fuel markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/15/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on Class 8 retail sales in March, government pledges to rebuild the collapsed bridge at the Port of Baltimore, and a West Virginia law limiting non-economic claims against commercial motor vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/12/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on the NTSB’s investigation into what caused the power failure aboard the ship that hit a bridge in Baltimore, a new cold storage facility at the Port of Gulfport, and Volvo’s new World of Volvo city center in its hometown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/11/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on a Senate bill to encourage trucking apprenticeships for veterans, Daimler Truck’s first-quarter sales, and Norfolk Southern’s proposed settlement regarding the East Palestine derailment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/10/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on Wisconsin’s governor vetoing a cap on CMV accident awards, Kodiak Robotics’ new autonomous council, and the Biden administration’s pledge on funds for a Taiwan chip maker’s expansion in Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/09/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck event and the latest involving the Port of Baltimore and the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/08/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on positive drug tests among truck drivers, Americold’s expansion in a southern state, and Penske suing Sacramento, Calif., over an environmental plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/05/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on Class 8 truck orders for March, the ongoing investigation into staged tractor-trailer accidents in the New Orleans area, and cargo that has been diverted from the Port of Baltimore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/04/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on a future boost to U.S.-Mexico trade, Rivian Automotive and Tesla first-quarter results, and an alternate channel opening up around the wreckage at the site of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/03/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news about a judge striking down a Federal Highway Administration rule about emissions targets, a new law that small trucking company owners need to pay attention to, and a look at how COVID-19 changed the expectations for freight visibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/02/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on EPA emissions standards, international rules that govern cargo ships and an electric truck distributor beginning deliveries in California.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 04/01/24
Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on the Baltimore bridge disaster, a grocery giant scaling back and the U.S. padding its emergency oil supply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Published 03/29/24