Connor Wolf is a business reporter at Transport Topics.
Connor Wolf is a business reporter at Transport Topics. Before Transport Topics, Connor worked for LifeZette, and prior to that wrote for Inside Sources and the Daily Caller. He has covered economic and labor beats through the lens of how policy decisions affect business. He also has written about the business implications of poor infrastructure, and the potential implications of automated technology for the labor market.
Freight rates strengthened in the third quarter as capacity constraints and rising costs gave the trucking industry greater pricing power despite soft demand.
November 12, 2026
Industry executives expect replacement demand and improving freight conditions to support orders, with some purchases likely deferred rather than canceled.
November 12, 2026
Forward Air reported top-line growth for the third quarter Nov. 9 as freight demand bolstered ongoing capacity reductions.
November 10, 2026
Transportation entrepreneur Brad Jacobs is leading a $1 billion investment into land management company CKX Lands, his team announced Nov. 9.
November 9, 2026
American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello noted that the freight market is more uneven than the macroeconomic view suggests.
November 5, 2026
GXO Logistics benefited from strong data center demand in the third quarter, helping fuel the company’s growth, executives said.
November 4, 2026
Trucking companies serving the country’s major ports had to grapple with a national shift in volumes toward the West Coast in September.
November 2, 2026
ACT Research reported that the average retail sales price increased 11.5% to $64,007 from $57,383 the prior year but was down 1.9% sequentially from $65,234.
October 30, 2026
