Automotive Brazilian Factory Restores Truck Engines and Parts, Reducing Raw Material Use by Up to 85% After 80 Years in Business Flavia Marinho 05/07/2026 at 14:05
Economy $1.5 Billion Project to Deploy 2,000 LNG Trucks and Establish Brazil’s Largest Gas-Powered Heavy Transport Network Flavia Marinho 03/07/2026 at 11:50
Oil and Gas SpaceX Plans 13 km Pipeline to Reduce Truck Reliance and Speed Up Starship Rocket Launches in the U.S. Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 26/06/2026 at 17:49
Science and Technology While Brazilian highways struggle with an excess of trucks, a company removed 82,000 trailers from the roads of Santa Catarina in one year by transporting 6,700 tons per day by sea from São Francisco do Sul. Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 19/06/2026 at 21:14
Economy Line of trucks on the coast of Piauí anticipates a historic operation at the Port of Luís Correia, where 120,000 tons of iron ore extracted in Piripiri are set to be shipped to China, marking the beginning of a port structure awaited for decades. Carla Teles 15/06/2026 at 18:02
Construction The largest port in SC will invest R$ 12.5 million in two new lanes on BR-280 to ease truck access, reduce bottlenecks, and wear on the asphalt, in a 1.4 km project expected to be completed within 10 months after commencement. Carla Teles 01/06/2026 at 20:12
Automotive BNDES opens billion-dollar credit of up to R$ 50 million per client for the purchase of trucks, buses, and equipment and promises to accelerate the renewal of the heavy fleet on Brazilian roads. Noel Budeguer 30/05/2026 at 16:26
Economy It doesn’t happen only with Brazil: Trump corners the European Union, threatens a 25% tariff on European cars, and forces Brussels to rush to eliminate tariffs on U.S. products before July 4th. Noel Budeguer 19/05/2026 at 11:01
Economy Thyssenkrupp invests R$ 50 million in a rare factory in Brazil to expand the production of truck suspension systems, serve brands like Scania, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen, and transform São Paulo into a strategic base for automotive exports. Carla Teles 16/05/2026 at 15:19
Economy New import rule raises the quota to 50% in Dionísio Cerqueira, draws more trucks to the border with Argentina, and could unlock R$ 650 million in the Far West of SC Carla Teles 08/05/2026 at 18:48
Logistics and Transportation US engineers create “road in a lab” to test giant trucks weighing up to 82,000 pounds without leaving the building, accelerating the validation of engines, fuels, and automation for Class 3 to 8 vehicles, and promising to cut time, cost, and risk in freight transport. Carla Teles 29/04/2026 at 12:02
Science and Technology Vale brings future mining with AI, autonomous trucks, circularity, and experience in the Amazon to the world’s largest industrial fair to turn the tide on its image and the energy transition. Carla Teles 23/04/2026 at 14:36