vaccine mandate

The Biden administration will drop its COVID-19 vaccine mandate at U.S. borders on Friday.

President Joe Biden signed a bill ending the COVID-19 national emergency, but U.S. border vaccine requirements remain in place for foreigners.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance and OOIDA call on President Joe Biden to end the U.S. border vaccine mandate.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked for a halt to the U.S. border vaccine mandate.

A District of Columbia lawmaker tells law enforcement that a security fence around the Capitol should be removed quickly following trucker demonstrations.

Federal officials are preparing for potential trucker demonstrations in Washington ahead of and after the State of the Union address.

Trucks begin moving across the Ambassador Bridge again, but protests continue to block traffic at two additional U.S.-Canada border crossings and disrupt traffic near a third.

The North American railroads engage in cross-border movements too. So why hasn’t the vaccine mandate erupted into protests over cross-border rail operations in the same way trucking has? This AskWaves article explores that question.

Auditing isn’t just for the big four accounting firms, Mexico struggles with the cross-border vaccine mandate, and has Central Freight Lines shorted drivers on pay?

The Ambassador Bridge over the Detroit River is a vital trade link between Canada and the U.S.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Vaccine mandate has varied impacts on Mexico cross-border trucking; Texas toll road truck traffic rises 57% year-over-year; Chinese ATV maker to build $152M plant in Mexico; and drug seizures surge at Texas-Mexico border.

Police are taking action to remove a truck blockade at the U.S.-Canada border that stranded some cross-border drivers.

Officials for GoFundMe said organizers of the Freedom Convoy fundraiser have provided a distribution plan for covering participants’ fuel costs.

As the U.S. cuts off borders to unvaccinated truckers, the impacts for Canadian trucking companies run the gamut from a punch in the gut to business as usual.

The U.S. government moves forward with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite fears that thousands of truck drivers will leave cross-border freight.

While vaccine mandates prompt real fears of a cross-border capacity crunch, the cost of moving freight between the U.S. and Canada has been underpriced for too long.

As the vaccine mandates begin for truckers at the U.S.-Canada border, here are five burning questions about what’s required, how many drivers might leave and what the freight markets are telling us.

Supreme Court blocks COVID vaccine mandate for large businesses On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that blocked enforcement for vaccine or testing requirements for large private companies over 100 employees. Prior to the decision, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued new guidance, stating the vaccine mandate rule would not apply […]

Canadian officials say rules for unvaccinated Canadian truckers at border are still coming into force after erroneous statements sow confusion.

American Trucking Associations was one of the many plaintiffs in the lawsuit that challenged the OSHA rules on 100-plus worker companies.

Canada has scrapped plans to subject unvaccinated Canadian truckers to testing and quarantines after returning from the United States.

A federal district court has ruled that two rail unions must work with Chicago commuter rail Metra as it pursues a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

OSHA extends compliance deadlines for its vaccination mandate to Jan. 10 and Feb. 9 as ATA takes the fight to the Supreme Court.

A group of 14 senators is asking President Joe Biden to exempt truckers who cross the U.S.-Canada border from an upcoming mandate to avoid putting more strain on the supply chain.

A Tuesday federal court ruling puts on hold the requirement that federal contractors be vaccinated against COVID-19 — and that ruling extends to Union Pacific, BNSF and Norfolk Southern.

Two unions representing railroad employees want the federal court to make BNSF negotiate with the unions over implementing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Montreal-based Fuel Transport offers a $7,800 COVID-19 vaccination bonus for truckers as the cross-border mandate looms.

J.B. Hunt transload service starts as shippers deal with intermodal and port congestion J.B. Hunt Transport Services has started a transload service in the New York metro area. In a press release, the offering is touted as “a one-stop source for quickly transferring ocean freight into equipment for domestic transport.” The facility, located in Jersey […]

Lawsuits between two Class I railroads and three unions have been consolidated into one proceeding in federal court, with a request to fold an additional lawsuit from BNSF into the proceeding.

U.S. truck drivers will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Canada starting in January as an industry group warns of a “perfect storm” for the cross-border supply chain.

A top Washington policymaker explains why lawmakers have to look beyond politics to make federal funding work for freight.

ATA’s suit comes just a few days after what it says was a “major victory” with the Labor Department secretary’s statements regarding trucking and the vaccine rule.

FMCSA new authority approval at record high from spot rates and tight capacity  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is setting records. New motor carrier authority approvals are at an all-time high — around 10,000 each month. As of September, around 82,000 approvals for authority had been granted in 2021, compared with 59,500 for the […]

BNSF is suing four railroad unions over its ability to require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. BNSF says it needs to comply with President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate.

Last week’s conclusion that solo drivers aren’t under the vaccine rule is turning to this week’s questions about team drivers.

A rule requiring vaccines for employees, or weekly testing for workers declining vaccination, at companies with staff of 100 or more gets emergency stay.

Solo drivers working for large trucking companies will likely be exempt from the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement, the industry’s largest lobby group has confirmed.

BLET, SMART-TD and Norfolk Southern continue to fight in federal court over the vaccine mandate and NS’ practice of using train engineers as conductors.

Like its Class I peers, Norfolk Southern encountered supply chain disruptions brought on by a lack of workers in dray and warehousing.

Following UP’s recent actions, Norfolk Southern takes the unions to court over its ability to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine.

An ATA survey reveals a driver vaccination rate of 50%, with more than half of the unvaccinated saying they will not get a shot under any circumstance.

In his speech, Chris Spear touted the ATA’s role in the infrastructure act now before Congress.

Union Pacific and several rail unions are arguing that the other party has failed to properly negotiate how UP should comply with President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The TCA’s meeting in 2020 happened just as the pandemic was about to strike; it sold out its booth space this year.

En las primeras 24 horas de especulaciones sobre cómo afectaría a la industria del transporte terrestre el mandato de vacunación COVID-19 del Presidente Biden, se desarrolló un sentimiento inusual en algunos sectores: La emoción.

TCA stops short of saying it is against the mandate, but it clearly is concerned.

A law firm’s analysis of the Biden administration rule shows several unanswered questions.

On this episode of The Stockout, Mike Baudendistelexplains what large CPG companies may face thanks to the new vaccination mandate.

Lots of questions remain, but it is clear that OSHA is going to play a big role in shaping the vaccination mandate standards.

President Biden has ordered companies of 100 or more employees to require workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly.

Back at FreightWaves after a more than monthlong fight against COVID, I thank CEO Craig Fuller for moving the F3: Future of Freight Festival online.