Transport Topics
Transport Topics
- ASCE Report: COVID-19 Compounds Infrastructure Woes
- FedEx Posts Loss in Q4, Shows Improvement From Year Ago
- Safety Groups, Teamsters Petition FMCSA to Reconsider HOS Final Rule
- OPEC Cuts Output to Lowest Since 1991 as Virus Slams Oil Demand
- Commodity Freighters Are Shrugging Off COVID-19 — For Now
- House Climate Change Plan Tackles Heavy-Duty Equipment at Ports
- CARB Releases Proposal to Cut Future NOx, Particulate Matter Emissions
- Manufacturing Bounces Back in June on Reopenings
- Daimler CEO Warns of ‘Drastic’ Pay Cuts, Deeper Restructuring
- Cargo Theft Likely to Increase Over July Fourth Holiday, Report Says
- Is Density Related to COVID-19 Infection Rates? These Experts Say No
- House OKs $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan That Impacts HOS, Insurance
- US Unemployment Falls to 11.1%; Trucking Adds 8,000 Jobs
- FAA Concludes Three Days of Test Flights of Boeing’s 737 Max
- House Infrastructure Bill Will Never Become Law, Rep. Sam Graves Says
- Tesla Beats Delivery Expectations, Sending Shares Surging
- Louisiana Passes Legislation Aimed at Significant Tort Reform
- House Clears Extension of Small Business Loan Program to August
- YRC Worldwide Receives $700 Million Federal Loan Package
Daimler to Unveil Connected Truck Plans; Watch Live
Daimler Trucks says it will give "fascinating in-depth insight into the intelligent and connected truck with a spectacular world premiere" today; watch live from 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. EDT.
FedEx Says Amazon Air Freighter Lease Was Expected
FedEx Corp. officials weren't surprised by the March 9 confirmation that e-commerce giant Amazon has agreed to lease 20 air freighters and buy a stake in Air Transport Services.
U-Turn in Transportation Stocks Signals Recession Angst Overdone
Truckers, rail operators and airlines - the groups represented in the Dow Jones Transportation Average - have done a U-turn since slumping to a two-year low Jan. 20, three weeks before broader market indexes bottomed.
More Research on Truck Driver Fatigue Needed, Panel of National Researchers Advises
While there is some evidence that truck driver fatigue can increase crash risk, questions remain about effective ways to minimize that risk, according to a new research report from an expert study panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Southbound I-75 Reopens in Tennessee; Northbound Closed Until March 24
Southbound Interstate 75 in Tennessee near the Kentucky line was reopened the night of March 9 after a rockslide on Feb. 26 closed the roadway.

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