22 Jun Pandemic Exacts Heavy Financial Toll on Trucking Companies COVID-19 has delivered a powerful shock to the economy and freight transportation, creating significant financial challenges for many trucking companies. Read more...
22 Jun Pandemic Puts Added Strain on Drivers During the COVID-19 pandemic, professional drivers have found themselves more isolated that usual as companies limited in-person interaction to prevent the virus from spreading. Read more...
22 Jun How the Coronavirus Pandemic Might Reshape Trucking’s Future The world changed nearly overnight due to the coronavirus pandemic and governments’ responses to it. Industry experts share their views on how this public health crisis may change freight transportation in the years ahead. Read more...
22 Jun Trucking Rises to Meet Unprecedented Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted supply chains and caused severe business challenges for many fleets, but it also will be remembered as a time when the trucking industry’s essential role within our society has never been clearer. Read more...
19 Jun Transport Topics Collects Three National Awards From ASBPE Transport Topics has been named a winner of 2020 Azbee Awards of Excellence in three national categories by the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Read more...
19 Jun Detroit Carmakers to Resume Pre-COVID Output to Meet Demand Detroit’s automakers are gearing up for full production as they race to make up for lost output and meet stronger-than-expected demand. Read more...
19 Jun Ryder, Uber Achieve Service Milestone Ryder System Inc., which offers supply chain, dedicated transportation and commercial fleet management services, announced its 100,000th ride using Uber for Business to access transportation for drivers and technicians to and from both Ryder and customer locations. Read more...
19 Jun Alliance Parts Adds 100th Location Alliance Parts, a brand of Daimler Trucks North America, expanded its retail footprint with the opening of its 100th location, in Lexington, S.C. Read more...
19 Jun Hiring Rose in 46 States in May; Jobless Rates Still High Employers added jobs in 46 states last month, evidence that the U.S. economy’s surprise hiring gain in May was spread broadly across the country — in both states that began reopening their economies early and those that did so only later. Read more...
19 Jun China to Speed US Farm Purchases After Secretive Hawaii Talks China plans to accelerate purchases of American farm goods to comply with the phase one trade deal with the U.S. following talks in Hawaii this week. Read more...