Trucking

Sources say TQL postponed the start date of nearly 200 of its 400 new hires, citing the economic downturn and COVID-19.

The duty deferment applies to qualifying importers facing “significant financial hardship,” Customs and Border Protection said.

Two Swedish companies have formed a joint venture designed to provide supply chain end-to-end visibility down to the product level. Plus, more cash on the way for small businesses, auto inventories are clogging ports, and truck weight exemptions are being extended.

By partnering with analysts from both FreightWaves and DAT Solutions, event attendees on April 23 will have access to three sessions rich with fresh data.

Radio frequency identification has matured in terms of its cost effectiveness and efficiency over the past decade, the company says.

Group says more coordination needed to address insufficient supply of masks, hand sanitizer.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Avocado imports from Mexico fare well during pandemic; Caterpillar’s Texas distributor building new factory; General Motors to make masks in Mexico; new logistics app aids supply chain.

Citing economic challenges tied to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the need to focus resources toward targeted business units, Southern Refrigerated Transport (SRT), a solo-driven reefer subsidiary of  the Covenant Transportation Group (NASDAQ: CVTI), said it will shut down its terminal and headquarters in Texarkana, Arkansas, according to an internal memo obtained by FreightWaves. […]

From quarantine, Canadian truck driver Nicole Folz recounts the scary reality of falling seriously ill hundreds of miles from home during a less-than-truckload run in the United States.

CEO pay wlll be down 50%, other execs down 20% from May through July.

Volumes still searching for a bottom.

Companies with layoffs include Step Energy Solutions, Pioneer Frozen Foods, Zachary Industrial-LyndellBasell, Turner Industries and UTLX Manufacturing.

Sector makes up 3% of $342 billion worth of COVID-19 payroll protection loans.

With the belt tightened at YRC, a covenant waiver and benefits contribution deferral are still required.

Company was also nominated in three other categories.

Short-sea shipper says economic impact of COVID-19 has forced service disruption and employee layoffs.

Order cancellations and only essential replacement bookings dropped new trailer orders to just 6,500 units in March. Separately, Wabash National announced a two-week suspension of production and cash-conservation moves.

In this commentary by Brian Aoaeh makes the case that efforts by grassroots organizations in the fight against COVID-19 should be more fully accepted.

Startup wants its customers to be allowed an additional two hours in workday.

TravelCenters of America is laying off more than 3,000 employees because its full-service restaurants are idle and stay-home orders keep most motorists off the highways.