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Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.

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Nuclear Verdicts Keep Getting Worse for Trucking

Nuclear verdicts are "just getting exponentially larger,鈥 said聽Oriana Senatore, managing director and senior vice president of strategy at the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform.

October 26, 2025
BusinessTechnologySafety

Samsara Highlights Expanded AI-Powered Safety Platform

Samsara outlined its recently launched AI tools that provide alerts on adverse weather and automate driver coaching to help fleets reduce risk and prevent crashes.

October 26, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Safety Improvements Have Defined the Evolution of Trucking

Rob Abbott of Fleetworthy points out that trucking has a history of continual improvement in safety, and has reduced its fatal crash rate by more than 50% since 1975.

October 26, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

Volvo鈥檚 VNR Electric Reaches 20 Million Customer Miles

Volvo Trucks North America鈥檚 VNR Electric model has reached 20 million miles of on-the-road customer operations, the OEM said at MCE 2025.

October 26, 2025
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Clean Truck Tech, Video Safety and More on Display at MCE

Heavy-duty trucks powered by renewable natural gas and hydrogen, as well as the latest video-based safety systems, were among the commercial vehicle technologies showcased聽at MCE 2025.

October 26, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Ten Cool Patent Boosts Reefer Fleet Efficiency

A new trailer design from Ten Cool is reshaping refrigerated logistics by driving measurable efficiency gains and stronger temperature control across food and dairy fleets in North America.

October 25, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafetyLogisticsPerspective

Perspective: Trucking鈥檚 Strength Comes From Its Unity

Americans depend on trucking, but for the third straight year, tonnage is stuck in neutral, and to continue to weather this slump, we must stick together, writes ATA President Chris Spear.

October 25, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Canada Set to Renew Trade Talks When US 鈥楻eady,鈥 Carney Says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country is prepared to resume trade talks 鈥渨hen the Americans are ready,鈥 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump halted negotiations.

October 24, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

US Initiates China Tariff Inquiry Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting

The Trump administration is launching a trade investigation that opens the door to new tariffs on Chinese goods, ratcheting up tensions before a highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit next week.

October 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

Canada Begins Antidumping Probe of Chinese Truck Body Imports

Canada is launching an antidumping investigation into truck body imports from China just as Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to ease trade tensions with the east Asian country.聽

October 24, 2025