By Greg Munden, Munden Ventures: As people, ironically, begin to worry about where their next roll of toilet paper is going to come from, it’s interesting to see the importance…
EDITORIAL: COVID-19 and The Important Role of Trucking in Uncertain Times Read more...
A lawsuit in the U.S. is shining a light on ELDs that can be manipulated to sidestep hours-of service rules. The lawsuit filed by a Tennessee trucker accuses shipping giant Amazon…
Lawsuit Alleges Major Shipper and Freight Provider ‘Edited’ ELD to Break HoS Rules Read more...
The “Amazon Effect” could explain the recent spike in driver turnover. Traditionally, driver turnover rates go down when freight demand is relatively soft, as it was in 2019, but turnover has…
Amazon Effect’ Could Explain Rising Driver Turnover in Soft Market Read more...
The Canadian trucking industry has launched a political action campaign compelling Ottawa to act in stamping out the underground economy scheme, known as Driver Inc. The Canadian Trucking Alliance is calling on law-abiding, compliant…
Carriers, shippers and brokers agree that driver detention is a major problem in the supply chain, but solving the issue requires a “delicate balancing act with no side willing to…
Driver Detention Worsening, say Carriers Polled in Study Read more...
The chief economist of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), Bob Costello, does not see a macro recession on the near-term horizon and is relatively sanguine about the American economy apart…
ATA’s Costello: Healthy Economic Activity But Slower Growth Read more...
ESDC has issued Interpretations, Policies and Guidelines (or ‘IPGs’) for new labour provisions which address some of the Canadian Trucking Alliance’s significant concerns with the new rules coming into force…
ESDC Announces Enforcement Relief for Trucking Industry Read more...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance is calling on the supply chain to join the trucking industry in pressing for exemptions to three new Labour Code provisions set to take effect September…
CTA Calls Supply Chain to Action on Labour Code Changes Read more...
Shippers are bracing for disruptions and increases in transportation fuel surcharges as regulations governing sulfur in ship and airline fuel are set to take effect Jan. 1. According to the…
Shipper ‘Storm’ Brewing Over Low Sulfur Diesel; Pushing Fuel Costs Higher Read more...
