The COVID-19 pandemic has created the need for social distancing, even while working. For the freight industry, the adoption of autonomous vehicles might be a good start.
C.R. England has continued the tradition of its One Initiative, announcing it has not donated more than four million meals to food banks since 2018. Plus, New York truckers face longer wait times, Tyson Foods warns to meat shortages and retailers push for uniform reopening plans.
A CFO, government affairs VP and two life science sales directors are hired and a Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association board appointment is announced.
President Donald Trump’s April 18 executive order aims to provide additional economic support for supply chains and manufacturers during the pandemic.
Moseley Marcinak review some legal trucking issues arising from COVID-10.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Nuvocargo raises $5.3 million for cross-border freight operations; Nogales importers donate free produce to the community; cargo at Mexico’s seaports decline during the first quarter; CBP seizes 352 pounds of marijuana at Santa Teresa port of entry.
As a plunge in freight volumes and rates take a toll, Canada’s trucking industry seeks relief on payroll taxes to hold on to precious cash.
Drury Hotels is offering hotel rooms for $59 for truck drivers, including two meals, at its 150 locations during the coronavirus outbreak.
Volumes up slightly week-over-week
Trump signs bill carving out $60 billion in loans specifically for smaller community-based lenders.
Companies across the Lone Star State have made another wave of job cuts with 3,000 more workers losing their jobs.
After enormous drops, the data is pointing green.
Farms of major row crops like tomatoes or potatoes are usually highly mechanized and could escape the wrath of COVID-19.
Revenue per hundredweight is suffering as a result: CFO
“More work to do” as FMCSA closes in on 900,000 total registrants.
Daimler AG revealed difficult first-quarter results, removing mystery from next week’s earnings report, which shows all segments struggling, including its truck manufacturing business.
Even as states reopen, there is too much uncertainty ahead to predict boom times returning, but there is finally some optimism appearing.
The online auction from Ritchie Bros. attracted 8,600 bidders from 62 countries using the Ritchie Bros. mobile app.
Can the CARES Act help transportation-supply chain companies during the pandemic? Kayla Matthews explains why the answer is “yes.”
Declines in trucking shipments and spend, current and future, highlight the takeaways from U.S. Bank’s first-quarter Freight Payment Index report.
