Transport Topics

General Motors is cutting almost half of the workforce in its Cruise driverless car unit, according to an internal memo and people familiar with the matter, part of a previously announced plan.... Read more

SPARROWS POINT, Md. — Almost a year after the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials on Feb. 4 unveiled their designs for its replacement.... Read more

Profit at Marten Transport more than halved in the fourth quarter of 2024 as ongoing weakness in the freight environment hurt revenues and margins.... Read more

The transportation sector is bracing for the possibility that a slew of new tariffs could soon hit some of its most critically important industries, according to experts.... Read more

The 122,949-square-foot, multi-temperature facility is expected to open by the end of this year following a Jan. 23 groundbreaking ceremony.... Read more

“We cannot allow bad actors in the shipping and moving industry to violate consumer trust and harm our nation’s supply chain," said Sen. Deb Fischer, the bill's co-lead sponsor in the Senate.... Read more

Weak global heavy-duty truck market demand plus a reorganization of the Accelera decarbonization technology unit hurt Cummins profits in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company said.... Read more

Panama is weighing whether to cancel its contract with the Hong Kong-based company that operates ports near the Panama Canal, according to people with knowledge of the situation.... Read more

China’s decision to slap tariffs on liquefied natural gas imported from the U.S. will trigger a scramble to decouple the world’s biggest buyer and seller of the super-chilled fuel.... Read more

Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to close all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec and terminate more than 1,900 workers is prompting legal action from the affected union.... Read more

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. said it will reduce its work force as the company expects profits to decline for a third straight year.... Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Chris Wright to serve as energy secretary, a key post to promote President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market.... Read more

BEIJING — China countered President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products with tariffs on select U.S. imports Feb. 4, as well as announcing an antitrust investigation into Google.... Read more

Waabi will integrate its autonomous driving system, the Waabi Driver, with Volvo’s production-ready VNL Autonomous model. Commercial pilots will begin in Texas in the coming months.... Read more

The national average diesel price remained virtually unchanged, nudging up just one-tenth of a cent to $3.66 a gallon, according to EIA data released Feb. 3.... Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Pacific Coast Highway reopened Feb. 3, nearly a month after it was closed when flames from the deadly Palisades Fire ripped through hillside Los Angeles neighborhoods.... Read more

Trucking stakeholders are raising alarm that U.S. implementation of tariffs on Mexico and Canada will harm American truckers, cause supply chain instability and hike prices for consumers.... Read more

Saia Inc. closed out 2024 with lower fourth-quarter earnings amid efforts to reinvest in the operations of the business, but it set a revenue record for the full year, the company said Feb. 3.... Read more

Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the February 3, 2025 print edition.... Read more

Cost growth outpaced sales wins due to inflation, particularly across the dairy and poultry sectors, and the carrier added that further price increases were on the way.... Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump held off Feb. 3 on his tariff threats against Mexico for one month after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send troops to the border.... Read more

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the 2023 East Palestine train derailment was filed ahead of the second anniversary of the toxic crash.... Read more

Ontario’s premier said his government is ending its contract with Starlink, the Elon Musk-controlled satellite company.... Read more

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said tariffs would be delayed for one month after a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 3.... Read more

Congestion on U.S. highways added $108.8 billion in costs to the industry in 2022, up from $94.6 billion in 2021, according to a new study by the American Transportation Research Institute.... Read more