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Transport Topics

Transport Topicswww.ttnews.com
Listen to a quick daily rundown of all of the information you need to succeed in the fast-paced business world of trucking and freight transportation.
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Transport Topics (July 11, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers tariff uncertainty stalling a trucking rebound, a sharp slide in June Class 8 orders and Sean Duffy’s interim NASA appointment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 20254 min

Transport Topics (July 10, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers Trump’s sweeping tax-and-budget law, DTNA’s Western Star margin push, and Prime Day’s slower start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 10, 20254 min

Transport Topics (July 9, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers Daimler’s pivot to military trucks, a tariff-shadowed Prime Day, and Trump’s firm Aug. 1 tariff deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 09, 20254 min

Transport Topics (July 8, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers President Donald Trump’s delayed tariff deadline, 25% duties on Japan and South Korea, and Daimler Truck’s $2.34 billion buyback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 08, 20254 min

Transport Topics (July 4, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers declining Canada-U.S. exports under tariff pressure, UPS buyouts for union drivers and a trucker’s $50,000 Maryland lottery win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 04, 20255 min

Transport Topics (July 3, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers ATRI’s latest research into truck operating costs, the Del Monte bankruptcy and a U.S.-Vietnam trade deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 03, 20255 min

Transport Topics (July 2, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers Tesla’s stock value, state oversight of non-resident CDL compliance and diesel’s price dip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 02, 20253 min

Transport Topics (July 1, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers President Donald Trump’s tariffs, XPO opening new service centers, and Patton Logistics Group expanding its reach in central Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 01, 20253 min

Transport Topics (June 30, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a legal win for one trucking company, a USDOT trucking grant package, and an update on U.S. trade talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 27, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the beginning of tougher enforcement of the English-language proficiency standard for truck drivers, Mack Trucks’ overhaul of its Anthem model, and layoffs in the auto parts industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 26, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the beginning of tougher enforcement of the English-language proficiency standard for truck drivers, Mack Trucks’ overhaul of its Anthem model, and layoffs in the auto parts industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 25, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the big rise in the average cost of diesel, the approaching deadline for President Donald Trump’s trade talks, and a car-carrying ship that sank in the Pacific Ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 25, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 24, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the death of a trucking industry giant, tanker rates in light of Middle East tensions, and a possible Iranian response to being attacked by the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 23, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the Pentagon canceling its Global Household Goods moving contract, GXO’s appointment of a new CEO, and a plunge in shipments of small-value goods from China in May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 19, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers text messaging scams impersonating DMVs, Class 8 truck sales in May, and the latest trailer order numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 19, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 18, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the Middle East conflict’s effect on fuel markets, medium-duty sales in May, and FedEx Freight’s newest service center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 18, 20253 min

Transport Topics (June 17, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a hearing today involving DAT’s recent acquisition of Outgo, the G7 Summit in Canada, and Eaton’s purchase of a defense and aerospace systems company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 16, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the latest test for oil traders, the Trump administration relaxing the rules for self-driving car deployment, and the impact of tariffs on Port of Los Angeles imports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 16, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 13, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a rollback of California emissions rules, plans for a new freight crossing connecting the U.S. and Mexico, and President Donald Trump’s latest intentions for universal tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 12, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers another win, for now, for President Donald Trump’s tariff policies, a deal struck between the U.S. and China, and a self-driving truck developer looking to go public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 11, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a deal between Toyota and Daimler Truck, an acquisition in the trucking technology field, and the expanding universe of greener TRUs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 11, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 10, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a new report from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, a cyberattack on a large grocery carrier, and expansion of a service by Ryder and a software company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 9, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers partial tariff cost pass-through by businesses, slowing U.S. job growth, and Walmart’s drone delivery expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 09, 20255 min

Transport Topics (June 6, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers English-language enforcement for truck drivers, rising sophistication in cargo theft, and stalled U.S.-China trade talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 06, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 5, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers North American steel tariff tensions, tighter fleet margins in 2025, and new protections against moving fraud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 05, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 4, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers Trump’s latest steel and aluminum tariff hike, Nikola’s asset sale process, and continued contraction in U.S. manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 04, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 3, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers U.S.-China tensions over rare earth exports, Canada’s push for new trade infrastructure, and a legal challenge to Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 03, 20254 min

Transport Topics (June 2, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers USDOT proposing to slash or amend certain trucking regulations — but hitting the pause button on a reduction in the department’s workforce — and recent developments regarding Lego’s American supply chain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 02, 20254 min

Transport Topics (May 30, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the back and forth on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a law addressing certain issues in Oregon’s trucking industry, and a new tool Penske Truck Leasing is offering to help carriers maximize their rolling stock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 20254 min

Transport Topics (May 29, 2025)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a final assessment on an investigation into imported container chassis from Vietnam, Tesla’s robotaxi rollout, and the national average diesel price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 20254 min
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