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07
Feb
There’s a Problem With How We Train Truckers
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, […]
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04
Feb
As winter storm moves across US, ice becomes bigger concern
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 […]
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04
Feb
US-Canada border protest forces freight rerouting
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. […]
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03
Feb
Heavy snow and ice storm plastering Midwest, mid-South: some states to issue big rig restrictions
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 […]
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01
Feb
Container Lines on Course for $163 Billion Profit in 2022: HSBC
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 […]
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30
Jan
Diesel Reaches Highest Cost Since 2014
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 […]
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27
Jan
Cross-Border Trucking: Vaccine Mandates Not Slowing US-Canada Freight
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 […]
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26
Jan
Weekend nor’easter could slam I-95 corridor
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 […]
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13
Jan
Vaccine mandates for US – Canada cross-border trucking
Starting on Saturday, the cross-border trucking community faces the first stage of vaccine mandates. The Canadian government is implementing its restrictions first. U.S. truckers will only be able to cross the border if they can show proof that they have […]
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04
Jan
Hong Kong bans flights from US, U.K., six other nations
Hong Kong is banning flights from eight countries including the U.S. and U.K. for two weeks from Jan. 8, in a drastic tightening of rules as it rushes to plug holes that have seen the highly infectious omicron Covid-19 variant […]
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