Transport Topics

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