Some analysts don’t believe an easing of instruction and testing rules for issuing commercial driver’s licenses will meaningfully change the current tight supply dynamic that exists in trucking. Federal regulators recently issued a final rule allowing a third-party skills instructor to administer both instruction and qualifying testing to the same driver applicant. Previously, both functions could not […]

Companies that received funding under the Paycheck Protection Program the first time around are going to get a second shot at more money. But it’s possible that trucking companies are just making too much money to get another bite at the apple. For companies that would be going in for PPP funding a second time […]

For truckers dreaming of a white Christmas, the Northeast is the place to be. Accumulating snowfall is likely to favor interior locations, including eastern Great Lakes cities. It will be nice for drivers who make it home for the holiday, but not necessarily for those working through it. This system will not be as disruptive […]

The United States has some of the most dangerous roads in the world, based on highway deaths per capita. The World Health Organization ranks our nation as much more dangerous than most northern European countries at 11 highway fatalities annually per 100,000 people. This is three times the death rate of the United Kingdom. The […]

Supply chain disruption became the norm in 2020, propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. But global supply chains faced unprecedented pressures from other outside factors as well: Brexit, U.S.-China relations and the introduction of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to name a few. The result was, in some ways, a paralyzing impact on global investment in supply chain […]