Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise
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Sep- 2021 -23 SeptemberNews
Say it ain’t Mo! Trucking fraudsters take advantage of PPP rollout
Feds are attempting to claw back funds from trucking company owners and reality TV stars who vied for PPP loans.
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11 SeptemberNews
The Log Book: Nonprofit groups mobilize to help Hurricane Ida survivors
Two nonprofit groups, Trucks with Room to Spare and CN Supply, are collecting donations, mobilizing to help Hurricane Ida survivors in southwest Louisiana.
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11 SeptemberNews
Will you get the COVID vaccine if your company requires it?
A FreightWaves poll found that 65% of 1,120 truckers who responded have been vaccined but nearly 73% of the holdouts would quit if forced to "get the jab."
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10 SeptemberNews
On 20th anniversary of 9/11, trucker remembers time at ground zero
On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, truck driver Russell Vereen reflects on the 205 days spent working at a refrigerated trailer temporary morgue at ground zero.
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9 SeptemberNews
Missouri trucker charged in double homicide found dead of apparent suicide
The 19-day manhunt for a Missouri truck driver is over after he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday. He was tied to four homicides.
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7 SeptemberNews
Driver barred from driving truck in interstate commerce after Vermont crash
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared a Massachusetts man an imminent hazard after commercial vehicle inspectors claim he crashed his rig into a telephone pole and fled the…
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3 SeptemberNews
6 trucking firms yet to settle in K-Ratio X fuel hedging scandal
The clock is ticking for all 34 trucking companies that participated in K-Ratio X’s now-defunct fuel hedging program to sign a universal settlement agreement.
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1 SeptemberNews
Intermodal Summit: Precision scheduled railroading ‘all about doing more with less’
Train engineer Matt Parker of the BLET discusses why precision scheduled railroading isn’t about precision, but about profits.
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1 SeptemberNews
323-truck carrier in Illinois calls it quits after 41 years
A family-owned dry and liquid bulk trucking company ceased operations as of midnight Tuesday, leaving 342 drivers without jobs, sources say.
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Aug- 2021 -31 AugustNews
Trucking, logistics firms rocked by bottled water producer’s bankruptcy
Trucking and logistics firms are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars after a Nevada-based bottled water company — linked to a hepatitis outbreak — filed Chapter 7.
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