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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.

GovernmentBusinessSafety

Women In Motion Stresses Need for Truck Parking to Lawmakers

Members of American Trucking Associations’ Women In Motion Council were on Capitol Hill on July 23 to elevate lawmakers’ awareness of the need to expand access to safe truck parking.

July 24, 2025
Business

Transport M&A Defies Struggling Market So Far in 2025

This year started off with 250 deals during the first quarter, and then 276 deals in the second quarter, despite market conditions.

July 24, 2025
BusinessLogisticsFor-HireTop 100

Mullen Group Reports Acquisition-Driven Revenue Growth in Q2

Mullen Group experienced an increase in revenue that was driven largely by acquisitions during the second quarter of 2025, the company reported July 24.

July 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentLogistics

Truck Tonnage Slips for Second Consecutive Month in June

The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.4% sequentially to 113.3 from 113.8 in May. The index also decreased 0.1% from the same time last year.

July 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Confirm Merger Talks

A merger would create a single U.S railroad with service stretching from the East to the West Coast.

July 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentFuel

Paccar Expects Truck Demand Upswing in Second Half

Optimism is growing at truck maker Paccar about order levels and demand for new tractors in the second half of 2025 and in 2026, said CEO Preston Feight.

July 24, 2025
BusinessLogisticsFor-HireTop 100

Knight-Swift Posts Revenue, Earnings Rise in Challenging Q2

The Phoenix-based truckload motor carrier posted net income of $34.2 million, or 21 cents a diluted share, for the three months ending June 30. That was 68.7% higher than last year.

July 24, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Union Pacific Reports Q2 Profit of $1.8B Amid Merger Talks

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in merger talks that would create a railroad in North America that essentially connects the East and West Coasts.

July 24, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyFuelAutonomous

Tesla Profit Falls 16% as It Becomes ‘Toxic Brand’

The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits dropped sharply again in the latest quarter.

July 24, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

US Carmakers Say Japan Tariff Deal Puts Them at Disadvantage

U.S. automakers face a 50% tariff on steel and aluminum and a 25% tariff on parts and finished vehicles, with some exceptions for products covered under the USMCA that went into effect in 2020.

July 24, 2025