Trucker busted with 80 pounds of cocaine, fentanyl
At Blue Water Bridge
NY City opens two truck parking facilities
At Hunt’s Point and on Staten Island
TA Petro lays off over 3,000 employees
Most from closing full-service restaurants
One third of bridges you cross need serious repairs
231,000 bridges need major repairs
MTO lifts reduced load restrictions
TORONTO, Ont. – The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has temporarily lifted reduced load period restrictions for truck drivers in Southern Ontario. It is aimed at supporting Ontario’s need to move essential freight and supplies during the current Covid…
FTR: Don’t Look for Positive Trucking Conditions Again Until 2021
According to FTR’s projections for its Trucking Conditions Index, a combination of drastic declines in freight volumes, utilization, and rates due to the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to the worst overall trucking conditions on record during the second …
A tough week’s diversion with music, trucking in pursuit of truth
Following what has been perhaps the toughest week for trucking as an owner-operator in the last decade, this edition of Overdrive Radio offers some diversion, hopefully, via an interview with (and music from) Haley Fohr of Chicago-based Jackie Lynn, a …
Fleets Share COVID-19 Driver Safety Insights
From hand sanitizer to sick time, from PPE to training, three fleets shared how they’re supporting their truck drivers during the pandemic in a webinar put on by American Trucking Associations and its Safety Management Council.
Coronavirus flattens Coyote’s truckload pricing curve
[caption caption="Spot US truckload rates have given up the gains of March and are still falling. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is flattening the curve for a potential recovery …
News roundup, April 17: Partnership for reserved parking; Hot Shot Secret’s new hand sanitizer, care packages for professional drivers
Hot Shot’s Secret is producing hand santizer, offering care packages or professional drivers for nominal shipping cost; Trucker Tools and TruckPark partner up to offer parking reservations within the TT app; Melio waives fees for carrier, broker paymen…