CBSA reduces service hours at 27 sites
OTTAWA, Ont. — The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced the temporary reduction of service hours at 27 low-traffic ports of entry (POE) along the Canada-U.S. border. “These Covid-19 related measures are temporary, and in effect as o…
Google Doodle thanks delivery workers
TORONTO, Ont. – The top search engine in the world is giving thanks to those who keep physical goods on the move during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today’s Google Doodle – an illustration that greets users on the home page – is an homage to packaging, shipp…
Fleets Seeing Less Road Congestion Due to COVID-19
Average commercial vehicle speeds have increased and time spent at intersections for drivers has reduced, indicating reduced congestion following regional stay-at-home orders.
Fleets, Trucking Associations Work to Get Drivers Face Masks
Truck drivers increasingly need face masks to meet both CDC recommendations and some state and local restrictions meant to spread the slow of the COVID-19 pandemic. We talked to fleets about what they’re doing to get masks to drivers.
Residential Waste Volume Increases, Impacting Municipal Waste Haulers
Waste volume has increased between 5% and 30% nationally on residential routes as people stay home to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Freight Volume, Rates Hit the Skids
While COVID-19 related demand boosted freight volume and spot freight in the first part of March, the latter part of the month saw a reversal, and April is looking ugly.
Trucking During a Pandemic: One Driver’s View
“Those medical people on the front lines are heroes. We are the supply line,” says truck driver Jeff Clark, who shares his thoughts about being on the road during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What’s changed at the docks? Virtually ‘everything’
Perhaps reader Russell Zinck said it best, commenting under a Facebook share of our recent poll about shipper/receiver practice changes during the pandemic. What’s changed? Zinck simply said, well, “Everything.”
Isaac appoints two new executives
MONTREAL, Que. – Isaac Instruments has appointed Samuel O’Neill business development manager for Eastern Canada, the company announced Tuesday. O’Neill has been with Isaac for more than 13 years. The company also announced the appointment of Terr…
Small fleets and owner-operators feel more pain as cutbacks roil trucking
As with the prior two weeks’ surveys, respondents believe the freight market will get even worse.