Business
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.
US Oil Boom Could End in May After Price Collapse
The shale oil boom that pushed U.S. crude production to the highest level in four decades is grinding to a halt.
GE to Sell GE Capital Assets
General Electric Co. said it will sell most of its GE Capital assets in the next two years and focus on its traditional industrial and manufacturing businesses.
Goodyear Enhances Fuel Max Lineup
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has added a retread option for its Fuel Max line of truck tires the company started rolling out in the fall.
April 13, 2015DOT Outlines Drug Testing Using Electronic Chain of Custody Forms
The Department of Transportation has issued a final rule outlining requirements for drug testing chain of custody of urine samples when using electronic forms.
Gasoline Prices Fall With Refiners Running at Decade High
Retail gasoline prices declined for a second time since a March peak in the Lundberg Survey as U.S. refineries ran at the highest seasonal rates in a decade.
April 13, 2015About Us: Transport Topics' Top 100 For-Hire Carriers
The Transport Topics’ Top 100 For-Hire Carriers is a listing of the largest trucking companies in North America.
April 13, 2015Opinion: 3PLs an Essential, Growing Part of Economy
The third-party logistics industry is more than three times the size of the candy industry in the United States and is larger than both the U.S. beer industry and electronic gaming industries.
April 13, 2015Editorial: Still Battling Driver Turnover
Throughout the busy first quarter of trucking industry conferences and trade shows, we were continually impressed with the attempts by fleets and industry suppliers to enhance the quality of life of today’s truck drivers.
April 13, 2015FedEx Makes Bid for TNT
FedEx Corp. said it intends to buy Dutch package and freight carrier TNT Express for $4.8 billion in an effort to bolster its operations in Europe and challenge U.S. rival UPS Inc. and Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL Group for a share of global freight transportation leadership.
April 13, 2015TT Archives: Logistics 50
The Top 50 list of the largest logistics companies in North America makes its debut in the Sept. 30, 2002 issue of Transport Topics.
April 13, 2015