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Paccar flagship truck lineup

Truck manufacturer Paccars profit dived 35.3% year over year in the second quarter as the freight recession continued to hamper tractor sales, particularly among truckload carriers.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine unveiled two pairs of modern rest areas with a total of 40 truck parking spots along U.S. Route 33 near Columbus and on the U.S. 30 east-west corridor near Indiana.

California-based carrier Nevoya raised $9.3 million in seed financing to bolster its expansion plans, the company said July 22.

As freight brokers battle fraudsters intent on cargo theft, they are building defenses that combine multiple technologies provided by vendors and augmented by their own systems.

Delaware is preparing to hike toll fees starting Aug. 15 and double some commercial driver license motor vehicle fees in October to raise $107 million yearly for state infrastructure.

Canada will not accept a bad deal. Our objective is not to reach a deal whatever it costs, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters after meeting with the country's provincial leaders.

Americans bought 310,800 EVs in Q2, a 6.3% drop from the year-earlier period. However, the sales dip 21,000 vehicles was nearly equal to the slump in transactions for Tesla.

At least four ships carrying copper are trying to reach U.S. ports before August to get ahead of planned import tariffs on the metal.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he will meet his Chinese counterparts in Stockholm next week for their third round of trade talks.

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The top-down macro evidence seems clear: Americans are mostly paying for the tariffs, George Saravelos, global head of FX research at Deutsche Bank.

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House Panel Approves $200 Million for Truck Parking

A fiscal 2026 transportation funding bill advanced by the Appropriations Committee on July 17 also would allot $927 million for FMCSA operations.

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Perspective: Understanding the Total Cost of Retail Returns

The returns process is costly. When factoring in every step a retailer goes through to ship, return and reship items, each transaction influences a retailers time, money and product waste.

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Miami Is Hot on Cold Storage to Boost Cargo Capacity

Miami International Airport is boosting cargo capacity by as much as 50% with a new cold storage complex that broke ground July 21.

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Fleet maintenance managers have several hats to wear when keeping tabs on their technicians and relating the value of their performance to the company's top brass.

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Transport Topics' 2025 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers list illustrates how weak freight market conditions have continued to squeeze margins for North America's largest motor carriers.

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