"September鈥檚 tonnage level was essentially the same as in September 2023, underscoring the tough freight market over the last few years,鈥澛爏aid ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello.
October 23, 2025Trucking Business News
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.
Trump-China Soybean Feud Leaves US Farmers With Few Buyers
China聽last year purchased $13 billion of U.S. soybeans聽鈥斅爉ore than 20% of the entire crop 鈥 for animal feed and cooking oil, but still hasn鈥檛 booked聽a single shipment聽from this fall鈥檚 huge crop.
October 23, 2025Clean Energy to Display New Freightliner X15N Demo Truck at MCE
Clean Energy Fuels is displaying a second Class 8 demonstration truck that runs on renewable natural gas at American Trucking Associations鈥 Management Conference & Exhibition.
October 23, 2025Cross-Border Opportunities Beckon as Domestic Demand Sputters
Less-than-truckload carriers R+L Carriers and A. Duie Pyle are among the latest fleets seeking to win some of the growing activity traversing the United States鈥 southern border.
October 23, 2025Canada Will Double Non-US Exports Over Trump Tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney in an evening address to Canadians said the long process of an ever-closer economic relationship between the Canadian and U.S. economies is now over.
October 23, 2025Rivian Cuts 600 Jobs in Latest Setback for EV Maker
Rivian in August cited tariffs and policy changes when it聽backed away聽from a key financial goal, saying it would break even on a gross profit basis after earlier predicting a modest profit.
October 23, 2025Amazon Launches New AI Shopping Tool in US for Indecisive
The Help Me Decide feature will appear at the top of a product detail page after shoppers have looked at several similar items. Those who tap the button will see a single product recommendation.
October 23, 2025Union Pacific Reports 7% Higher Profit Ahead of Merger
Union Pacific wants to聽buy Norfolk Southern聽in an $85 billion deal that would create the聽first transcontinental railroad.聽 That deal faces a lengthy review by the Surface Transportation Board.
October 23, 2025Could Stellantis Break Up? Former CEO Tavares Thinks So
Carlos Tavares, in a new book, says the group鈥檚 French, Italian and U.S. operations might have to split if Stellantis fails to withstand pressures from stakeholders in its home bases.
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