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Commercial freight transportation is a machine-based business. Highly technical equipment and advanced engineering are at the center of supply chain and require constant innovation. Transport Topics equipment coverage focuses on the machines and other physical assets that make delivery possible. It looks closely at available truck, trailer, and chassis models, developments in the engineering space, and maintenance innovations and best practices. 

Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Truck Stops Continue Juicing Alternative Fuel Options

Truck stop operators continued to ramp up initiatives to diversify customers’ fueling options over the past month. But which technologies should they focus on?

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 27, 2023

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Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel

Senate Advances Truck Emissions Rule Rollback

The trucking industry is applauding Senate passage of an effort to roll back federal emissions standards associated with heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
April 27, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

California Passes First-in-Nation Locomotive Emission Rule

California’s Air Resources Board voted April 27 to approve a rule that would ban the use of locomotive engines more than 23 years old by 2030 and increase the use of zero-emission tech at ports and railyards.

Sophie Austin | Associated Press
April 27, 2023
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

NACFE Run on Less to Focus on Electric Depot Trucking

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s upcoming Run on Less program will focus on scaling electric trucks across a variety of market segments.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
April 27, 2023
Business, Equipment, Logistics, For-Hire

Ryder Q1 Profit Slides on Lower Used Vehicle Sale Prices

Lower used-vehicle sale prices and the U.K. market exit hurt profits at Ryder System Inc. in the three months ending March 31, it said, as results fell short of analyst expectations.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 27, 2023
Government, Business, Equipment

Senate Overturns Biden’s Anti-Smog Rules for Big Rigs

The Senate voted to overturn President Joe Biden’s pollution limits for big rigs that Republicans said were too aggressive, but were heralded by environmentalists as long overdue.

Ari Natter | Bloomberg News
April 27, 2023
Business, Equipment, For-Hire

Wabash Q1 Profit Jumps as Sales, Order Backlog Soar

Profits at trailer manufacturer Wabash jumped year-over-year in the three months ending March 31 as sales and margins rose while order backlog soared.

Keiron Greenhalgh | Staff Reporter
April 27, 2023
Government, Technology, Equipment, Logistics

Miami, Seven Other Cities to Test Cargo Bikes

Downtown Miami is about to see a last-mile delivery experiment replacing trucks with cargo freight bicycles able to carry 500 pounds.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
April 27, 2023
Business, Equipment

March Trailer Orders Down 55.7% Year-Over-Year

U.S. trailer orders fell by over half of the year-ago total to just shy of 17,000 units in March, ACT Research reported.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 26, 2023
Government, Technology, Equipment

Charges Filed in Michigan Over Diesel Engine Tampering

Eleven people have been charged in Michigan in a scheme to evade air-pollution rules by tampering with software and hardware in heavy-duty diesel engines, federal authorities said April 26.

Ed White | Associated Press
April 26, 2023