Transport Topics

Transport Topics

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Listen to a quick daily rundown of all of the information you need to succeed in the fast-paced business world of trucking and freight transportation.

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1248 episodes

Transport Topics (April 1, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on EPA emissions standards, international rules that govern cargo ships and an electric truck distributor beginning deliveries in California.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Apr 01
Transport Topics (March 29, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on the Baltimore bridge disaster, a grocery giant scaling back and the U.S. padding its emergency oil supply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 29
Transport Topics (March 28, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on used truck sales, uncertainty over California’s worker-classification law and continued positive results from the nation’s ports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 28
Transport Topics (March 27, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news on the Baltimore bridge collapse, predatory truck leasing-purchase agreements and the passing of a tank truck industry stalwart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 27
Transport Topics (March 26, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing contains news from electric vehicle makers Tesla, Lucid and Fisker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 26
Transport Topics (March 25, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about job cuts at an automaker, Dubai being chosen for the launch of a flying taxi service, and an e-commerce logistics startup securing funding for expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 25
Transport Topics (March 22, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about trailer orders declining, predatory towing practices being reformed and Frosty’s taking flight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 22
Transport Topics (March 21, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on updated emissions standards for passenger vehicles, the impact of ports on the global economy and why no action taken by the Federal Reserve Wednesday was still seen as good news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 21
Transport Topics (March 20, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news of the monthly tonnage report, a major oil refinery going back online, and a freight transportation idea that might be more than pie-in-the-sky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 20
Transport Topics (March 19, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about the latest price for diesel, hydrogen grants offered in New York and Canadian investment in a key grain transport hub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 19
Transport Topics (March 18, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about trucking providing assistance to wildfire-stricken Texans, a new partnership in the autonomous vehicle space, and a freight industry conference set to kick off Monday, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 18
Transport Topics (March 15, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on a group of states suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the leader of the Port of Los Angeles applauding the Biden administration, and moving companies still concerned about a military moving contract. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 15
Transport Topics (March 14, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on truck sales, global fuel prices, and Walmart rolling out a new offering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 14
Transport Topics (March 13, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about another TFI acquisition, a partnership struck between Navistar and Plus, and trucking companies offering mentorship programs for new drivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 13
Transport Topics (March 12, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on the president signing a funding bill into law, Utility Trailer and Schmitz Cargobull advancing their partnership, and another decline in the number of containerships using the Suez Canal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 12
Transport Topics (March 11, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on North Dakota’s expanded CDL testing sites, Walmart’s planned dairy facility in Texas, and a judge’s ruling in the Norfolk Southern derailment case in Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 11
Transport Topics (March 8, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on Class 8 truck orders in February, the Federal Maritime Commission’s ruling on detention and demurrage billing, and Rivian’s surprise halt to its planned Georgia plant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 08
Transport Topics (March 7, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news on Cox Automotive research about the commercial vehicle market, a Senate panel’s renomination of Julie Su to lead the Department of Labor, and the SEC’s approval of a rule on GHG emissions reporting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 07
Transport Topics (March 6, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about Ohio’s new highway warning system, Cummins’ plans for the updated X15 engine, and a partnership between two federal agencies regarding new biofuels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 06
Transport Topics (March 5, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about maintenance expenses trending down, a new Nikola executive, and a C-D-L training facility being built in Kansas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 05
Transport Topics (March 4, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing includes news about autonomous trucking, a Navistar powertrain and port earnings for January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 04
Transport Topics (March 1, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features news of another trucking company CEO appointment, Class 8 used truck sales for January, and an upcoming auction of Yellow’s tractors and trailers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mar 01
Transport Topics (Feb. 29, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features news on leadership departures at a top trucking company and in the U.S. Senate, plus a look at the focus of an upcoming major industry conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 29
Transport Topics (Feb. 28, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features a status update from one of the nation’s largest ports, a comparison of fueling costs for gas-powered cars versus electric vehicles, and Apple’s efforts to develop an EV coming to the end of the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 28
Transport Topics (Feb. 27, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features news of a lawsuit attempting to block a grocery store merger, an effort by Congress to legislate the use of artificial intelligence, and the selection of Transport Topics’ Recruiting Professional of the Year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 27
Transport Topics (Feb. 26, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features news on trucking’s recruiting and retention conference, a logistics tech company launching a new platform, and the security worries of Chinese-made cranes at many U.S. ports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 26
Transport Topics (Feb. 23, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features news on a deal between J.B. Hunt and Walmart, Nikola earnings, and federal trucking regulators seeking information from truck drivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 23
Transport Topics (Feb. 22, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features news on the upcoming government funding deadline, a ruling that favors trucking companies that do business at some ports, and a cold storage business expanding in Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 22
Transport Topics (Feb. 21, 2024)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features news on tonnage numbers, optimism about the U.S. transportation sector withstanding the Red Sea attacks, and one state trucking association urging a slowdown in the adoption of electric longhaul and shorthaul trucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 21
Transport Topics (Feb. 19-20)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s daily briefing features news on Samsara’s next step in its patent infringement complaint against Motive Technologies, Universal Logistics Holdings’ Q4 2023 earnings report, and the rollout of the first EV manufactured in Georgia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Feb 19