BluJay, Loadsmart Form Strategic Partnership
Global supply chain software and services provider BluJay Solutions and Loadsmart, a digital freight technology company, are teaming up to deliver better transportation efficiency and visibility to shippers.
How to do the hard work now: COVID-19 business, health support insights
Nearing the end of the first week of the SBA COVID-19 disaster-assistance loan programs available to owner-operators, insight on how to apply — and look ahead to the tougher work necessary to establish relationships you’ll need to be able to leverage …
HDT Webinar to Highlight Maintenance, Technology During COVID-19 Pandemic
HDT’s second webinar in a series helping fleets navigate the COVID-19 pandemic will cover equipment- and technology-related aspects of what they need to know to keep working safely and efficiently, including truck cleaning/sanitizing, how fleets can us…
Tech Companies Help Truckers Find Places to Rest
With the COVID-19 outbreak restricting the places truck drivers can go for a meal or a break, three companies have added alerts to their tech solutions to give drivers a heads up to open rest areas or truck stops.
News roundup, April 10: Virginia using weigh stations to create truck parking; Indiana allowing food trucks at rest areas
Indiana has launched a temporary permit program to allow food trucks at rest areas. Love’s donated $100,000 to the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund. TBS Factoring Service is hosting a free webinar for truckers about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Goodyear Launches E-commerce Program with Convoy
Goodyear will extend the full capabilities of its Commercial Total Solution to carriers of all sizes in Convoy’s Digital Freight Network – the first online discount program Goodyear has offered through its commercial e-commerce platform.
CDC Issues Guidance for Essential Workers Possibly Exposed to COVID-19
CDC has released guidance for essential workers, including those in trucking, to allow them to continue work following potential exposure to the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Clayton Hubbard’s 2016 Western Star 4900EX
The truck, which sits on a 252-inch wheelbase, is powered by a 550 Cummins ISX with an 18-speed Eaton. It features a 60-inch ultra-low sleeper, an air-ride front end, a 22-inch American Eagle bumper, Hogebuilt full fenders and more.
Alberta takes steps to ease regulatory burden on truck drivers during Covid-19 response
EDMONTON, Alta. – Truck drivers in Alberta will be able to work for longer hours, be exempt from road bans and some municipal bylaws, and have to apply for fewer overweight permits to assist their effort to supply essential Covid-19 relief items across…
C.H. Robinson, Love’s, Yokohama Donate to St. Christopher Truckers Fund
The St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund, which helps professional drivers who can’t work due to illness or injury, has received large donations from C.H. Robinson, Love’s Travel Stops, and Yokohama Tire to help it in efforts to assist …