Fleet buyers know what they need from a flatbed trailer: strength, payload efficiency, durability, and a design that can be maintained without unnecessary complexity. Those priorities have shaped Fontaine Trailer’s conversations with customers for years and led to Fontaine Force, an all-aluminum flatbed designed around the needs of today’s fleets.

The S&P Global flash U.S. composite purchasing managers index climbed to 58.4 in September. Figures above 50 indicate expansion.

Cespira is set to begin production of the latest version of its high-pressure direct injection fuel system for internal combustion engines in Q4 of 2026.

A U.S. ban on diesel exports could rapidly fill domestic storage, depress the fuel’s prices and ultimately shrink gasoline supply while pushing up costs at the pump.

Bosch’s Mobility division, which manufacturers auto parts, was the main drag in the first half, with sales slipping and the unit’s margin dwindling.

Brent crude rose 1.3% to $100.55 per barrel. It reverses a decline for Brent, which had been falling since nearly hitting $110 last week.

As prices have risen, more Republicans have embraced the idea of a diesel export ban or even price controls. 

With flows from the region’s top supplier at risk, European diesel’s premium to Brent crude jumped to more than $95 a barrel on Sept. 23, a record in Bloomberg data going back to 2011.

The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.5% from July to 112.7, down from 113.3. The index also declined 1.6% year over year.

Canada’s need to expand trade with Europe and Asia is a driving force behind a major new package of regulatory and permitting reforms.

The Department of Transportation plans to loan up to $2.52 billion for Alabama’s Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project to transform the Interstate 10 freight corridor.

Oil and gas executives have cautioned against it, warning that any restriction on U.S. crude and fuel exports would provide only short-term relief before ultimately backfiring.

Daimler Truck became nimbler over the past nearly five years in an ever-changing world, according to CEO Karin Radstrom, as was intended when the OEM went public.

Any expansion of the truck maker’s North American leasing or rental operations would be carried out through Daimler Truck Financial Services.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring manufacturers to provide suggested retail prices for incentive-eligible, electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Preliminary data from ACT Research showed orders surged 193% year over year to 24,200 units, and improved 55% from July.

Stocks got a boost after the price for a barrel of Brent crude fell to $100.23. It has come down from nearly $110 last week.

Jeld-Wen is part of a growing roster of debt-laden firms buckling under the weight of a slowdown in the construction industry and high borrowing costs.

FedEx Freight swept the top three overall spots at the skills competition held during American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council Fall Meeting on Sept. 21.

Multiple oil traders said there were already signs of tankers arriving at the port of Yanbu, where the piped barrels are exported from.