The Canadian supply chain is being challenged to comply with the recently introduced Modern Slavery Act, which is designed to mitigate corporate and consumer purchasing of products that are produced…
CTA to Shippers: Check Your Supply Chains for Modern Slavery, Human Rights Violators Read more...
A long-standing quest for better data on how delays experienced by truck drivers waiting to load and unload affects safety and lost pay will get a reboot, according to Freightwaves….
FMCSA to Revisit Driver Detention Time Survey Read more...
Proposed US legislation would require the DOT to set a safety selection standard for those contracting with motor carriers. As, Truckinginfo.com reports, the bill – called the Motor Carrier Safety…
Bill Would Set Carrier Selection Safety Standards for Brokers, Shippers Read more...
ACT Research reports demand fundamentals in the US freight market are beginning to recover and data suggests with capacity starting to tighten, the industry is approaching the bottom of the…
Freight Cycle Approaching Upswing, Suggests ACT Read more...
The underlying issues causing empty miles and unfilled trucks persist even as a balancing supply chain has softened them, reports Transport Topics. The supply chain slowly getting back to normal…
Supply Chain ‘Rebalancing’ But Freight Volatility Persists Read more...
Automated trucks and buses are expected to grow from nearly none to 1.2 million a year by 2032, according to a new market analysis by Guidehouse Insights. The overall market…
Automated Trucks Projected to Eclipse 1 Million by 2032 Read more...
Shippers continue to face challenging transportation conditions as diesel prices surge and truck capacity shrinks, FTR’s latest Shippers Conditions Index shows. The freight analyst reports that conditions could east at…
Omicron ‘Wild Card’ Affecting 2022 Shipping Conditions: FTR Read more...
In an interview with the Toronto Star and other mainstream media this week, CTA president Stephen Laskowski explained how thousands of Canadian who won’t be vaccinated in January to meet…
Star: Supply Chain ‘Horrors’ Feared as Canada Prepares for Truck Driver Vax Mandate Read more...
According to a legal firm that specializes in workplace safety – truck drivers that are out on the road driving are subject to Department of Transportation regulations, not OSHA standards,…
US Vax Rule Unclear for Truck Drivers: Law Experts Read more...
