President Trump has signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act into law, which requires many employers to provide paid leave and expands FMLA for many employees.
But states have taken lots of steps, many involving food
Truck inspections are often land mines for motor carriers but additional maintenance can defuse the situation.
In a peak demand year for Class 8 tractors, high-powered engines dominated under the hood, but even a new heavy-haul transmission from Eaton and Cummins doesn’t affect an accelerating trend toward smaller displacement as tougher emissions standards loom.
BMO, one of the largest lenders to the trucking industry, will be offering undefined measures to assist its clients as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Freight keeps on trucking as the United States and Canada prepare to shut down their shared border to non-essential travel as early as Friday night to curb the spread of coronavirus.
It’s shut down businesses and thrown planning into turmoil. No, it’s not COVID-19. It’s the rising insurance rates that trucking companies have been facing over the last few years. The problem seems to have gotten particularly acute in the last year or two and insurance rates have been cited by several trucking companies as a […]
Rates inbound to Seattle, California, and New York are climbing rapidly.
Key FreightWaves SONAR index pushes past post-Canadian National strike level as trucks continue to move loads.
Flatbed volume has been building over the past few years. Read why in this article by Kayla Matthews.
Canadian bank’s transportation portfolio already had been sagging.
A FreightWaves survey examines what motor carriers, drivers and shippers and receivers are doing to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
ACT Research cannot model downturn scenarios fast enough for Class 8 trucks, but high inventory levels make the coronavirus crisis a good time to take a production break as demand is practically nonexistent.
Paper, plastic, other commodities now exempted for COVID-19 response.
Long-haul truck drivers can teach people a thing or two about how to fend off the loneliness and boredom that accompany long periods of isolation.
The move comes after the state got hit with criticism for its move.
Companies from all corners of the freight ecosystem are beginning to implement layoffs as an economic downturn starts to take hold.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, it is causing customs brokers and third-party logistics providers to adapt their day-to-day office operations.
Shen was previously chief operating officer and president.
DMV flexibility, coronavirus testing among requests as potential for supply chain disruption grows.
