TuSimple, ZF Partner on Mass-Produced Autonomous Truck Technology
TuSimple has established a partnership with ZF to develop and commercialize technology for autonomous trucks.
POLL: What have COVID-19-related lockdowns nationwide done to your business?
How are the lockdowns of communities and plenty business around the nation impacting your trucking operation, positively or negatively and/or if at all? Weigh in here.
POLL: What have COVID-19-related lockdowns nationwide done to your business?
How are the lockdowns of communities and plenty business around the nation impacting your trucking operation, positively or negatively and/or if at all? Weigh in here.
Canada freight operators seek clarity on ‘essential’ services
[caption caption="A patchwork of definitions of what Canadian import receiving operations are considered providers of \"essential service\" is causing confusion. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Canadian freight transportation provide…
Heavy-Duty Collision Repair Shops Step Up
With the need still so great for goods, truck fleets are running hard and are still going to have accidents, and heavy-duty collision repair shops are stepping up to help.
ECONOMIC WATCH: Covid crisis to take toll on trucking
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The U.S. economy was rocked today by shocking numbers of 3.3 million people filing unemployment claims for the first time, but the worst is still to come for trucking. “To put it in perspective, we were seeing somewhere in the neigh…
Coronavirus mitigation sparks truck rate spikes in ‘high-risk’ areas
[caption caption="One-third of the shipments Odyssey Logistics tracks through its new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) dashboard are originating in “high-risk” zones. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Trucking rates are climbing acr…
‘It would be good if they could let us come inside,’ driver says
EDWARDSVILLE, N.S. – S&M Trucking’s John Power, who has been driving trucks for more than 25 years, has never seen anything like the Covid-19 pandemic. “Even during the SARS and H1N1 scare, it wasn’t like this,” he said during a telephone inte…
COVID-19 Update: Creative solutions for parking and food
Free parking and breakfast
News roundup, March 26: Driver input wanted for study of coronavirus impacts on trucking
ATRI and the OOIDA Foundation are conducting a study to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on trucking operations. An Oklahoma Love’s closed following an employee’s positive coronavirus test. Goodyear is offering free DOT inspections. Several…