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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, Equipment

PacLease Celebrates 40 Years in Business

PacLease, a full-service truck rental and leasing company, reached the milestones of 40 years in business and 40,000 trucks being used.

June 16, 2020

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Business, Equipment

Northwest Equipment Sales Adds First Washington State Location

Northwest Equipment Sales has opened a dealership in Burbank, Wash., that offers brands from Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America.

June 16, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Is Tesla Bigger Than Toyota? It’s Complicated

Many investors, including those using financial data terminals such as Bloomberg’s, were seeing something very different — that Tesla still had to gain more than $25 billion in market value to surpass Toyota.

Gearoid Reidy | Bloomberg News
June 15, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment

KLLM Adds Intermodal Containers With Vector 1550 Refrigeration Units

KLLM Transport Services has added 610 domestic intermodal refrigerated containers that use Carrier Transicold’s thin-profile Vector 1550 refrigeration systems.

June 15, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Perspective

Perspective: Federal Excise Tax Relief Can Aid Recovery

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world. In the United States it altered the way our country operates and wreaked havoc on American businesses, but leaders in Washington responded with actions that helped mitigate the damage. I applaud these efforts and am confident that our economy will bounce back. But the work is not done.

Steve Bassett | Chairman, American Truck Dealers
June 15, 2020
Business, Equipment

Medium-Duty Sales Tumble 33% in May

U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks fell across the board in May, landing below 15,000, WardsAuto.com reported.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
June 12, 2020
Business, Equipment

Caterpillar Sales Drop Highlights Worry of ‘Catatonic’ Recovery

Caterpillar Inc.’s machinery sales dropped by the most in 10 years last month in a sign of a deepening slump in its Americas businesses, where the company has extended plant shutdowns.

Joe Deaux | Bloomberg News
June 12, 2020
Business, Equipment

Boeing, Suppliers Plunge on Stop-And-Go 737 Max Comeback

Shares of Boeing Co. and its largest suppliers sank June 11 after the planemaker pared output plans for its beleaguered 737 Max just two weeks after restarting work in its Seattle-area factory.

June 11, 2020
Business, Equipment

BFGoodrich Unveils Tires Designed for LTL, Last-Mile Use

BFGoodrich introduced two tires designed for less-than-truckload and last-mile delivery applications in the package and delivery, food and beverage, and other same-day and next-day segments.

June 11, 2020
Business, Equipment, Safety

Ford Recalls About 2.5 Million Vehicles for Latch, Brake Troubles

Ford is recalling about 2.5 million vehicles in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere because of a nagging door latch problem and a brake fluid leak.

Tom Krisher | Associated Press
June 11, 2020