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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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J.B. Hunt Q3 Profit Jumps 12.3%, Beats Analyst Expectations

Companywide cost-cutting initiatives are having an effect, the company said of its third-quarter earnings report released after the market closed Oct. 15.

October 16, 2025
BusinessEquipment

September Class 8 Truck Sales Fall 25% From Year-Ago Period

U.S. Class 8 retail sales fell below the prior year for the third month in a row in September, according to Wards Intelligence data.

October 16, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

GM Pauses Battery Material Plans in Canada on EV Pullback

GM agreed in 2022 to buy nickel supplies from Brazilian miner Vale as part of a strategy to build up its battery supply chain for EVs, but the pause has meant cancellation of the project. 

October 16, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

US Seeks Independent Bankruptcy Probe of First Brands Crash

First Brands has admitted it can’t find $2.3 billion related to off-balance sheet financing deals. Lawyers for the U.S. Trustee  asked a judge to move up a hearing on the request to Oct. 29.

October 16, 2025
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Trucking Faces More Frugal Consumers This Holiday Season

The Project44 2025 Annual State of Consumer Holiday Shopping Report found that 40% of consumers have capped their holiday budgets at $500 amid economic uncertainty.

October 16, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogistics

Trucking Leaders to Unite in San Diego for ATA’s MCE 2025

The theme for this year's event, to be held Oct. 25-28 in San Diego, reflects the industry's resolve: “A United Front: Driving Policy in a New Era.â€Â 

October 16, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Xiaomi Driver Death Fuels China Push For New EV Door Design

Tesla is also under scrutiny in the U.S., with NHTSA having launched a defect investigation into certain Model Y door handles. 

October 16, 2025
GovernmentBusinessFuelLogisticsGlobal Freight

US Wants Extra Step to Adopt Ship Carbon Tax

Nations are at an International Maritime Organization meeting in London to decide on landmark regulations to make vessels start paying for their greenhouse gas emissions.

October 16, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

RealTruck Seeks to Assure Lenders After First Brands Debt Hit

RealTruck Group told lenders it uses fundamentally different financing tools from those tapped by First Brands Group, another parts maker that collapsed into bankruptcy last month.

October 16, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

DOT to Withhold $40M From California Over English Enforcement

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said California is the only state that is failing to enforce English-language requirements for truckers.

October 16, 2025