Author: Transport Topics

Watching markets function would not make for a good spectator sport on TV, but the process does have its charms and we recommend it highly — especially when freight transportation is involved.

The American Transportation Research Institute has released preliminary findings on a tool assessing whether young people’s characteristics could indicate if they would make good truck drivers.

Filtration material manufacturer Donaldson Co. appointed President and CEO Tod Carpenter chairman, effective as of the Bloomington, Minn., company’s annual meeting in November.

Unishippers Global Logistics is moving into a larger facility that will enable it to double the size of its corporate sales and customer support departments.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has completed construction on a four-story add-on office to its corporate headquarters in Lowell, Ark.

Uber Freight will expand to five states and the Midwest-Chicago area over the next few months.

The Port of Oakland believes a new trade pact with China will benefit its export business and provide more opportunities for truckers to haul rice to export overseas

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd., which specializes in dry-bulk carriers, has rallied 83% in 2017 to lead the benchmark Straits Times Index. The Chinese shipbuilding firm has made a comeback after it won 13 contracts worth $318 million in the fir…

UPS Inc.celebrated its 110-year anniversary Aug. 2 in Seattle’s Waterfall Garden Park, a bit ahead of the actual day, and the city honored the parcel delivery service by declaring Aug. 28 “UPS Day.”

Mack began distinguishing dealerships that achieved the guidelines to be a Mack Certified Uptime Center in January 2016.