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The economic downturn wrought by the global spread of COVID-19 potentially hit its lowest point and freight demand has entered recovery which is forecast to continue on through the end of…
Analysts Hopeful Bottoming of Freight Market has Passed Read more...
The American Trucking Associations’ latest version of its Driver Compensation Study reports that average driver pay, including bonuses, increased close to $6,000 since the last study in 2017. “These results…
Driver Pay Jumps Even Before COVID Pandemic Read more...
The number of truck drivers entering Canada last week rose more than 14% from the previous week, but was still down 17% from the same period in 2019, according to…
Truck Crossings Up 14% from End of May Read more...
The US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations’ (FMCSA) extension of Emergency Declaration until July 14, 2020 provides regulatory relief for commercial motor vehicle operations providing direct assistance in support of…
FMCSA Extends and Modifies Emergency COVID-19 Declaration Read more...
FMCSA has issued a three-month waiver from certain pre-employment testing requirements applicable to employers of drivers subject to 49 CFR part 382. The waiver effective June 5, 2020, and ends…
CTA: FMCSA Relief from Certain Pre-Employment Testing Requirements Read more...
“I feel we skipped the ‘murder hornets’” The ‘boys riff on each other’s haircuts – again; the buzzing apocalypse that wasn’t; Laskowski’s discovery of social media; and what’s good on…
Dispatches Podcast Episode 5: A Tweet Monster is Born Read more...
Border data from the Canada Border Services Agency points to a continued uptick for freight, trade from the staggering pandemic plunge, Freightwaves reports. The number of trucks crossing the U.S.-Canada…
US-Canada Truck Border Crossings Rebound Read more...
The number of available and announced models of zero-emission commercial vehicles in the U.S. and Canada is on track to rise nearly 78% by the end of 2020 compared to…
Number of Zero-Emissions Commercial Vehicle Models Expected to Double by 2023 Read more...
