COVID-19
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Air Cargo
Alaska Airlines answers call to action for face masks (with video)
Alaska Airlines is supporting the 100 Million Mask Challenge with its freighter capacity.
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Trucking
COVID-19 & trucking update: OOIDA asks for testing; layoffs pile up
Also: Arkansas doesn't spell out trucks but it looks pretty clear.
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Driver issues
Drivers get more rest-stop relief from states
Feds okay food trucks while Arizona opens long-shuttered highway facilities.
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Air Cargo
Trump encourages imports for coronavirus relief, while stopping US exports
The Trump administration is working to accelerate deliveries of medical supplies from overseas to address shortages at healthcare facilities around the U.S., but doesn’t want…
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Driver issues
Am I exempt from the regulations? That, and other COVID-19 questions answered
In these trying times, regulatory compliance can’t be an afterthought. Failure to follow the rules – and the number of exemptions currently being issued makes…
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Canada
‘People die’ if US-Canada medical trade stops, pharma hauler says
Sharp Transportation Systems keeps Americans and Canadians supplied with essential medicines and vaccines as tensions mount over cross-border medical supply chains.
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Driver issues
TruckPark makes telemedicine provider available within parking app
TruckPark has added a telemedicine resource within its truck-parking app, giving drivers access to doctors via text or videoconferencing.
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Air Cargo
US medical suppliers get antitrust clearance to collaborate during pandemic
The Justice Department said joint logistics operations among five American medical supply distributors to provide protective medical gear to virus hot spots does not violate…
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Logistics
The future of consulting could be virtual
Consultants, used to going onsite to perform their work, are now tasked with providing assessments without travel to a customer’s facility.
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American Shipper
American Trucking Associations: ‘The second quarter is going to be terrible’
Bob Costello expects many trucking companies to go out of business before the economy recovers from the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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