The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is providing more detail as requests come in about what is covered under the agency’s emergency hours-of-service (HOS) waiver.
US trucking market splits as demand for essentials grows
Demand for essential goods and medical supplies is drawing truck capacity even as business shutdowns dry up other sources of freight, a trend that could result in displaced capacity.
Drivers ‘on their own’ if they have to self-isolate
As coronavirus infections spread across the country, truck drivers are finding themselves stranded without a clear protocol for what to do if they think they might have COVID-19.
COVID-19 fallout boosts outlook for long-term infrastructure funding
The fate of a long-term surface transportation funding bill and a bailout of the Highway Trust Fund – which is on the road to insolvency starting next year – may have reversed course as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, according to a Capitol Hill insider.
Truckers Haul Supplies While Coronavirus Keeps Many at Home
The truckers who haul toilet paper, hand sanitizer and ground beef to retail shelves across the country have their work cut out for them as stores try to rebound from the panic buying that has characterized the coronavirus crisis.
US-Mexico Border to Close; Trade Will Keep Moving
Following similar action along the Canadian border, the White House has closed the United States’ border with Mexico to nonessential traffic, but is exempting trade and commerce from the ban.
COVID-19 restricting US trucking route map
The rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States is raising concerns about the ability to ship and deliver goods domestically as businesses are urged to shut down. Over the past week, COVID-19-related closures rapidly extended beyond schools, universities, and churches to bars, restaurants, and other public places.
Trucking on the Front Line in Fight Against COVID-19
As an increasingly aware United States mobilizes to contain the spread the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the trucking industry is uniquely positioned to help in the containment effort-or further accelerate the spread of the pandemic.
Truck Stops Step Up to Serve Drivers During COVID-19 Outbreak
As the realities of the COVID-19 virus outbreak hit home in the United States, and federal, state and local governments scramble to contain its spread by limiting large gatherings and encouraging “social distancing”, that has implications for truck drivers’ life on the road.
What Oil War Could Mean for Trucking
Most Americans closed out the first week in March fretting about the onset of COVID19 – the illness caused by the new version of coronavirus that merged in China late last year – and the resulting stock market crash it triggered as multiple U.S. states reported cases of the virus.