Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the Department of Transportation’s fuel economy rule rewrite, the Commerce secretary nominee’s position on the CHIPS Act, and coming job losses at an Arkansas poultry processing plant.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the confirmation of a new transportation secretary, what the future may hold for a former transportation secretary and what a task force report says about truck lease-purchase agreements.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers Beacon Roofing Supply’s rejection of a takeover bid, Canada’s former finance minister urging a global summit to counter economic measures by the Trump administration and Bay and Bay Transportation expanding its operations.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers an FMCSA study of modern warning devices, Nikola exploring funding options, and Canada re-examining deals with Amazon.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers ATA’s chairman urging Congress to repeal the federal excise tax on trucks, trailer orders in December, and President Donald Trump’s address to the World Economic Forum.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers Amazon closing its Quebec warehouses, an FMCSA ruling aimed at speeding technician training, and a call to investigate a huge fire at a battery plant in California.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers truck tonnage in December, DOE grants for electric truck charging facilities, and commercial vehicle inspections aimed at ending bridge strikes on the New York Thruway.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a fire at a major lithium battery plant in California, the challenges of toxic materials from Teslas burned in Los Angeles wildfires, and J.B. Hunt’s Q4 2024 earnings.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers FMCSA's decision to maintain a 50% random drug testing rate for drivers, VTNA and Mack Trucks restricting diesel sales in Oregon, and Pete Buttigieg’s reflections on the lasting impact of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers CARB’s withdrawal of EPA requests for stricter truck emissions rules, 2025 truckload rate forecasts indicating gradual recovery, and Sean Duffy’s Senate testimony on transportation policy priorities.

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