Transport Topics

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

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's briefing covers three states' ramped up efforts to enforce ELP and CDL rules, DOE ending billions in Biden-approved grants, and optimism on a Canada-U.S. trade deal. 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 pushback of tariffs on heavy trucks to Nov. 1, a double brokering scam involving a celebrity tequila brand, and a new Walmart fulfillment center in North Carolina. 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 Derek Barrs' confirmation to lead FMCSA, Jim Ward's retirement from TCA, and a fire at Chevron's El Segundo refinery. 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 Trump's truck tariffs, strong August port volumes, and rising used 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 DOT's shutdown plan for trucking and highways, global opposition to U.S. truck tariffs, and Daimler Truck North America consolidating its specialty units. 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 TCI's acquisition of Success NationaLease, Maryland's new speeding fines, and the Panama Canal's updated booking system. 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 what DOT's emergency CDL ruling means for trucking, a CSX CEO shake-up, and a $1 million whiskey cargo theft. 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 imported truck tariffs, USDOT tightening requirements on noncitizens receiving CDLs, and the pending bankruptcy of an auto parts supplier. 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 siding with pension funds on the amount of money the estate of Yellow Corp. owes them, Amazon settling a lawsuit brought by the FTC, and Kodiak AI's initial public offering. 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 trucking tonnage in August, an audit at FMCSA, and Performance Food Group adding a new member to its board amid merger discussions with 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 Volvo Trucks North America opening its order book for its new regional-haul Class 8 truck, Amazon sparring in court with U.S. labor board attorneys, and what the CEO of Alcoa said about U.S. aluminum demand. 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 increase in FMCSA roadside inspections, a federal trial beginning this week involving Amazon, and a new partnership from Uber Freight and Tesla. 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 FedEx Q1 2026 earnings report, confirmation of administrators for three government agencies, and NACFE's Messy Middle demonstration. 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 Class 8 retail sales in August, fleet terminal prover Outpost's plans to expand, and the outlook for trailers into 2026. 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 revived pilot programs related to split time for rest breaks under HOS rules, a new bill in the U.S. House aimed at mitigating thefts of automotive catalytic converters, and the results of the TMCSuperTech competition. 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 talks between Performance Food Group and US Foods, rising prices for battery-electric trucks, and a driverless run by a Bot Auto truck. 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 C.H. Robinson's new offering for customers importing freight from Mexico, American Axle seeking financing for its purchase of Dowlais, and Elon Musk's purchase of $1 billion in Tesla shares. 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 EU lawmakers seeking changes to a U.S. trade deal, Kroger rethinking its Ocado warehouse partnership, and Washington state launching a new toll expressway near ports. 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 falling Class 8 truck orders, a trucking lawsuit reform bill, and record U.S. tariff revenue. 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 analysis coming out of the FTR Transportation Intelligence conference, President Trump talking higher tariffs on China and India to pressure Russia, and autonomous taxi rides beginning in two major American cities. 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 news on President Trump's tariffs, what FTR is saying about truck production, and a legal win for Motive Technologies. 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 taking a stake in a Latin American company, President Trump comments on the Hyundai-LG EV battery factory raid, and an acquisition in the logistics world. 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 UAW requesting certain tariffs to be imposed on truck manufacturers, signs of a freight market recovery, and the detention of 475 workers at a Hyundai battery plant construction site in Georgia. 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 USDOT launching an effort to include fentanyl and norfentanyl to its drug testing panels, small businesses complaining about Amazon van repair bills, and Mack Trucks opening the order book for its revamped Anthem model. 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 President Donald Trump's trade agreements, job cuts at the largest independent U.S. oil producer and a senior executive's departure from Tyson. 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 ATA renewing its call for federal safety enforcement on the highways, President Donald Trump taking his tariff case to the Supreme Court and the head of a drayage group in his new role. 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 end of the U.S. de minimis tariff exemption, South Africa's suspension of U.S.-bound parcels, and trucking groups' push for Congress to act on highway policy. 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 Trump firing an STB member ahead of a proposed major rail merger, Aurora and McLeod's autonomous trucking software partnership and revised U.S. GDP growth in the second quarter. 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 more Yellow terminal sales, Lineage's warehouse expansion and Flexport-BlackRock logistics financing. 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 federal threats to state trucking funds over English enforcement, EPA's challenge to California's roadside emissions checks, and Kroger's corporate job cuts after its failed Albertsons merger. 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 private carriers slowing fleet growth, a bond denial in a fatal Florida truck crash, and FedEx driver David Comings winning the NTDC grand championship. 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 report on “thermonuclear” verdicts, Walmart's second-quarter earnings and sales, and Class 8 truck sales in July. 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 investigation into a high-profile truck crash, Puerto Rico's boost from President Donald Trump's tariffs and a home improvement retailer's big 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 President Donald Trump and tariffs on metal, a new report on truck parking space availability nationwide and an explosion at the Port of Baltimore. 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 Trump administration and CARB, a logistics company's growth in two major markets and a congressional bid to roll back plans to electrify the U.S. Postal Services' fleet. 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 American Trucking Associations letter to DOT, a planned meeting between the leaders of Canada and Mexico, and the increase in the adoption of advanced driver assistance systems by carriers. 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 states finding new ways to fund road and bridge maintenance, truck driver hiring, and the busiest month ever for the Port of Los Angeles. 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 American Trucking Associations sending a request to the Environmental Protection Agency, Amazon launching a same-day grocery delivery service, and a report detailing the diesel technician shortage. 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 EPA directive regarding diesel exhaust fluid, Waabi bringing aboard an industry veteran and a fresh acquisition by Echo Global Logistics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices