18 Mar UPS Helping With Coronavirus Testing Sites UPS Inc. is joining a Trump administration effort to bring mobile coronavirus testing to several U.S. cities, the company announced March 16. Read more...
18 Mar How Truck Stops Are Serving Truckers While Keeping Them Safe The nation's truck stop chains and travel centers are working hard to remain open and serve drivers during the coronavirus crisis, while also taking steps to ensure safety. Here's a rundown of what they are doing. Read more...
18 Mar Kroger CEO: ‘There’s Plenty of Food in the Supply Chain’ McMullen urges the public to remember that the grocery business deals in perishable goods and is set up to constantly ship and refill store shelves. Read more...
18 Mar Commercial Vehicle World Focuses on Business Continuity While truck drivers are out delivering freight to restock bare shelves or deliver medicines and other vital goods, commercial vehicle manufacturers, dealers and suppliers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic are focused on keeping their employees healthy and ensuring services, equipment and components remain available to fleets. Read more...
18 Mar US to Close Canadian Border; Trade Not Affected The duration of a temporary ban on nonessential travel between the United States and Canada could be a month, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on March 18. Read more...
18 Mar Detroit Automakers Agree to Rotating Partial Shutdown of Plants General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will partially shut down their U.S. plants on a rotating basis in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Read more...
18 Mar Tesla’s Fremont Factory Forced to Shut Down Under Shelter in Place Order After some confusion, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department in California said March 17 the car plant was not “essential,” and like most other businesses must shut down under the county’s shelter-in-place order which took effect March 17. Read more...
18 Mar Chinese Port Restricts Ships From Virus-Hit Nations for 14 Days The port of Fuzhou in eastern China is restricting vessels arriving from nine countries including the U.S. and Singapore in efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus by visiting ships and their crew. Read more...
18 Mar Meritor Terminates Agreement With Wabco Meritor Inc. announced the distribution agreement between the company and a subsidiary of Wabco Holdings Inc. was terminated effective March 13. Read more...
17 Mar ATA’s Spear Urges White House Action on Coronavirus to Keep Trucks Moving American Trucking Associations is asking the Trump administration to take specific steps that will help the trucking industry in its efforts to keep stores and medical facilities stocked with supplies as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...