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The blockade at the Ambassador Bridge continued on Thursday as the supply chain reeled from the disruption not only at the busiest commercial crossing between the U.S. and Canada, but also at two other border crossings. The bridge, which links […]

In most states, aspiring barbers have to spend 1,000 hours or more in training before they get a license. To drive a 40,000-pound truck, though, there’s no minimum behind-the-wheel driving time required, no proof of ability to navigate through mountains, […]

A tenacious winter storm that has already canceled flights, closed schools and created slick roadways across the South and the Midwest was expected on Friday to dump snow, sleet and ice upon the Northeast. Heavy snow is projected in northern […]

US trucking companies are beginning to place embargoes on freight headed to specific markets in western Canada, as a COVID-19-related trucking protest at one rural border crossing continues to delay freight moving from the US into the province of Alberta. […]

A major winter storm is delivering a wintry mess to more than 90 million Americans, with winter storm watches and warnings stretching from New Mexico to Maine. Ice storm warnings cover parts of the Mississippi and Tennessee valleys, too, where […]

The container shipping sector will make more than $163 billion in operating profit this year as conditions that elevated rate levels on the major head haul trades out of Asia in the second half of 2021 will extend the extreme […]

The national average price of a gallon of diesel reached its highest cost in more than seven years, rising 5.5 cents to $3.78, according to Energy Information Administration data released Jan. 24. A gallon of diesel costs the most since […]

US and Canadian shippers appear to have dodged the trucking delays that were feared when the two countries imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates on drivers crossing their borders, but shipping costs are still expected to rise, putting inflationary pressure on the […]

There’s an increasing likelihood of a major winter storm — a classic nor’easter — slamming parts of New England and the Canadian Maritimes over the weekend. The storm will hit from Friday night through Sunday, impacting truckers along the Interstate […]

Like many cross-border trucking companies in Canada, Ontario-based Star Van Systems feared it would lose a chunk of its drivers — up to 15% — to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate taking effect at the U.S. border on Saturday. But something happened as […]