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For the commercial transportation business, moving things from point A to point B is job one. This coverage explores all of those movements at a global level and focuses on everything from global trade, ocean shipping, and port activity to intermodal business, rail operations and the greater supply chain.
 

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Arkansas Farmers, Truckers Boosted by $5.5B Taiwan Crop Pact

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders called Taiwan鈥檚 planned purchases 鈥済reat news for Arkansas and especially our row crop farmers, who need all the assistance they can get right now.鈥

September 25, 2025
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VTNA Offers Free Load Board to Customers

Any carrier that has a Load Finder account can connect all its trucks via its electronic logging device, VTNA Product Marketing Manager Madeline Sullivan told Transport Topics.

September 24, 2025
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Zoox Seeks NHTSA Approval for Driverless Car Deployment

The exemption Zoox is seeking would allow the company to operate as many as 2,500 self-driving cars on U.S. roads.

September 24, 2025
BusinessLogisticsPrivate

Performance Food Adds Activist Investor Amid Takeover Talks

Scott Ferguson, founder of Sachem Head Capital Management, is joining the Performance Food board as talks with US Foods continue.

September 24, 2025
BusinessLogistics

August Truck Freight Tonnage Highest Since December 2023

"While I鈥檇 like to predict a strong rebound in freight levels through the upcoming holidays, I can鈥檛," says American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello.

September 24, 2025
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Amazon Jury Trial Over FTC鈥檚 Prime Cancellation Claims Opens

Amazon.com squared off in court against the FTC over allegations that the company duped customers into signing up for the Prime subscription service and then made it too hard to cancel.

September 23, 2025
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Mazda and Toyota Expand Auto Operations Through Jaxport

Both operations will run through the Talleyrand Marine Terminal, where Enstructure Auto Logistics signed a long-term lease last year to expand its auto-handling capacity.

September 23, 2025
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ATA Applauds Sponsors of Veterans鈥 Access to CDL Bill

Through ATA鈥檚 Trucking Cares Foundation, two senators and two congressmen were honored for their roles in the passage of the Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023.

September 23, 2025
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Biggest Rail Union Endorses Union Pacific Acquisition

Others are still skeptical of聽Union Pacific鈥檚 proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern.

September 23, 2025
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Volvo Trucks Opens Orders for VNR Class 8 Regional Hauler

Volvo said 90% of the new model has been redesigned from the prior generation. It focused on improving fuel economy through enhanced aerodynamics, powertrain features and idling systems.

September 23, 2025