Insurers pause policies, halt cancellations for owner-operators who can’t pay premiums due to virus slowdown
Insurance providers have instituted new measures to work with owner-operators and small fleets who’ve lost business and, thus, can’t afford to pay their premiums — including most placing a temporary halt on cancelling policies for non-payment.
60-vehicle pileup snarls Chicago expressway
Some 46 people injured
Drivers group asks retailers, grocery chains to help truckers
Let them use your restrooms
Former owner-operator Ed Miller’s ‘A Trucker’s Tale’ memoir of his hauling days, out now
Subtitled “Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories From 60 Years on the Road” former trucker Ed Miller’s memoir is newly available in hardcover and ebook. Here re-visit part of the story-in-progress from 2015, when Miller was still working on the book and sat in…
Telematics shows Covid-19 having mild to moderate impact on trucking activity
Heavy-duty trucking has continued to drive forward during the Covid-19 crisis, operating at around 89% of its normal rate of activity, according to telematics data from Geotab, compared to 69% for passenger vehicles. Considering the overall impact of C…
Hard to miss this truck’s important COVID-19 message
‘Stay home. Save lives.’
Spec’ing Regional Trucks
A regional spec is a pretty broad term. How do you optimize efficiency and cost when a truck might be doing completely different work from one day to the next?
CBSA is at the forefront of the Covid-19 fight
TORONTO, Ont. – With the catchy hashtag #NowIsNotTheTime, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is trying to spread awareness about new restrictions imposed by the federal government to stop the spread of Covid-19. In one Twitter post this week, the…
ECONOMIC WATCH: Canadian economy devastated by Covid-19
OTTAWA, Ont. – Statistics Canada today issued a flash estimate for GDP, showing a decline of 9% in March, marking the largest single month decline ever seen since records were tracked beginning in 1961. The agency’s flash estimate points to a 2.6% decl…
PMTC extends deadline for benchmarking survey
MILTON, Ont. – The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC) is extending the deadline for participating in its annual benchmarking survey to July 15. The group says response rates have “decreased significantly” amid the disruption of the Covid-19 p…