Transport Topics

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Chinese chip tariffs, container volume at the major ports and trucking tonnage for November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a collaboration between a trucking advocacy group and federal crime agency, the latest on the U.S. trailer market, and GOP pushback on the president's order to reclassify marijuana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers FedEx earnings and spinoff news, Averitt Express expanding a segment, and a look back at the less-than-truckload sector in 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers California suing USDOT, a move to reclassify marijuana federally, and the U.S. Postal Service aiming to boost revenue with a new last-mile plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Alabama immigration checks on state highways, Ford canceling another EV-related agreement, and medium-duty truck sales for November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers UPS and robots, Amazon layoffs, and the theme that defined the trucking and logistics industries in 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Brad Jacobs news, a jury verdict in a fatal truck crash, and a bankruptcy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Ryder's executive succession plan, DOT's focus on New York's non-domiciled CDs, and the cargo theft outlook over the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers November Class 8 truck orders, an indictment in New York involving CDLs, and a court delay on a challenge to FMCSA's interim rule on non-domiciled CDLs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers new Kenworth and Peterbilt battery-electric models, an action plan from a group of state trucking associations and a new CFO at DTNA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Donald Trump's latest comments on tariffs, expected layoffs at a major snack and beverage maker, and farmer reaction to U.S. government relief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers CRST, China's trade surplus, and aid for American farmers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a rally in transportation stocks, Minnesota's CDL compliance issues, and U.S.-China trade cooperation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers rising trucking litigation, surging ocean freight rates, and continued gains in used Class 8 sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a major carrier shutdown, Yellow's nearing pension settlement, and a push for steep trailer import duties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers noncompliant CDL schools, tougher ELD certification, and cabotage enforcement at the border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers NMFC enforcement changes at FedEx Freight, FedEx job cuts in Texas, and the shutdown of EV maker Bollinger Motors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a possible increase in agricultural purchases by China, John Deere's profit outlook for its next fiscal year, and job cuts at a Tesla co-founder's battery recycling firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the grounding of MD-11 cargo planes after the deadly UPS crash, the first deliveries of Mack's new Pioneer flagship tractor, and the end of a courtship between Performance Food Group and US Foods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the effects of the cargo jet crash on the operations of UPS and FedEx, a Texas CDL enforcement sweep, and October trailer orders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a dreary outlook for the jobs market, Pennsylvania disputing DOT's CDL claim and an acquisition in the bulk-hauling sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers FedEx CEO's view of the global supply chain, a fire at an aluminum supplier's plant and Class 8 retail truck sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the EPA and greenhouse gas emissions limits, medium-duty truck sales, and an apology from the U.S. for an ICE raid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a Customs and Border Protection sting operation in New York, NTSB's findings in its investigation of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, and Toyota's plans for hybrid vehicle production in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the transportation secretary's response to an appeals court action on non-domiciled CDLs, Nevada's decision to phase out its Limited-Term CDL program, and Daimler Truck's hydrogen fuel cell tractor development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers an appeals court ruling against USDOT, the upcoming retirement of a retail giant's CEO, and what American Trucking Associations and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance are asking for regarding ELDs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers California revoking the CDLs of thousands of immigrants, Yellow Corp.'s pursuit of a Teamsters lawsuit, and October Class 8 truck orders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers optimistic feelings at FedEx, plans to scale back on flight cancellations, and an acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers action taken to end the government shutdown, an FAA order regarding certain cargo planes and the outlook on U.S. import volume. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers steady but costly cargo theft levels, Illinois' approval of a 30% truck toll increase, and the latest on the fatal UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers major airport flight cuts during the shutdown, the DOT's crackdown on CDL mills, and growing optimism for a freight market rebound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Supreme Court skepticism of Trump's global tariffs, calls for tougher oversight of fraudulent CDL mills, and the ongoing investigation into the deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers truck makers' court win over California's clean truck rules, warnings of air travel chaos during the shutdown, and U.K.-U.S. talks on steel and whiskey tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers hackers stealing freight through cyberattacks, slumping cardboard box sales hinting at weak holiday demand, and Supreme Court hearings on President Trump's tariff authority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers the U.S.-China truce, a stalemate between the U.S. and Canada, and more earnings reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a California lawsuit, an agreement between the U.S. and China, and earnings reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a possible forthcoming deal between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, an English-language proficiency bill introduced in the U.S. House, and mitigation strategies for carriers to protect themselves against the rise in nuclear verdicts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers UPS' earnings report and job cuts, the economy, and American Trucking Associations' new chairman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Amazon layoffs, Secretary Sean Duffy threatening California after a fatal truck crash, and an extension of talks between the United States and Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers DOT's reaction to another fatal crash involving an immigrant truck driver, DSV's efforts to part with USA Truck and Rivian agreeing to settle a lawsuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers truck makers preparing for new import tariffs, states responding to federal English-language enforcement, and carriers expanding cross-border freight operations with Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers trade talks between the U.S. and India, a Tesla recall and Amazon's experiment with augmented reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers Knight-Swift's plans for its less-than-truckload brands, Walmart's changes to its hiring practices and General Motors improving its full-year outlook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers why some Amazon delivery drivers are bailing on the business, President Trump's truck tariffs and Volvo's third-quarter earnings and adjusted forecast for the North American market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers J.B. Hunt executives' optimism, Volvo Group's North America Q3 truck sales results and a surprising decision coming from the International Maritime Organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers six states responding to allegations that they aren't following federal rules regarding the issuance of non-domiciled commercial driver licenses and permits, California catching the brunt of Sean Duffy's ire, and Class 8 truck sales for September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a bill on English-language proficiency requirements for truck drivers being introduced in the Senate, the largest single investment to date for a Volkswagen truck brand and Walmart's partnership with OpenAI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers a trucking bankruptcy, a proposed charge on shipping emissions and a U.S. official predicting an easing in tensions between the U.S. and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers an acquisition by a division of Anderson Trucking Service, Daimler and Toyota naming their joint venture, and China retaliating against the U.S. with port fees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers ATRI's report on cargo thefts, Class 8 truck orders in September, and VTNA's standard side-curtain air bags on some models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers legislation to ease younger drivers into the industry, expanded truck parking in Pennsylvania, and a survey of shippers on trade and tariff policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices