During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, transportation and logistics providers are seeing increased demands for real-time shipment visibility, especially for certain loads, and for electronic payments to streamline cash flow while also safeguarding drivers and office personnel from human contact. On these two fronts, several technology suppliers have announced new products and services.
In early March, grocery stores began running low on inventory as COVID-19 was spreading in the United States. Randy Timms started to think of people in small towns with limited shopping options and how he could help. Western Flyer Express (WFX) had a new contract with a grocery distributor to deliver to small towns in Oklahoma and […]
Motor carriers, 3PLs and logistics providers are rightfully concerned about protecting their workforce, including contracted and employee drivers, and vendors and customers from COVID-19 exposure, while still working around the clock as first responders in continuing the flow of goods. Quick decisions and directives are likely necessary in these unprecedented times.
The Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) S.4 Cab & Controls Study Group is charged with helping “improve the design and maintenance of cab components and systems to enhance the driver’s ability to properly, comfortably and economically operate highway vehicles,” but they just might play a front-line role in keeping the trucking industry safe from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Last fall, at […]
The novel coronavirus pandemic has put the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance‘s (CVSA) annual International Roadcheck inspection blitz out of service – at least temporarily. The agency announced Wednesday it will postpone the event, which was set for May 5-7, to later in the year. New dates for the enforcement campaign have not yet been decided. While Roadcheck has […]
No one wants to get sick – and I’m a terrible sick patient, just ask my wife – but I can’t recall ever upending my entire life to avoid exposure to illness. I dropped part of a banana on the kitchen floor yesterday and, after a few moments of consideration, ate it anyway. As of […]
In post-crash litigation in which juries order trucking companies to pay multi-million-dollar settlements, who actually foots the bill? Mostly, it depends on the fleet, their size and their type of insurance. Many larger fleets are self-insured up to a point, meaning they are on the hook for a certain amount of liability before their insurance […]
Indiana judge dismisses lawsuit over increased truck tolls The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association says it is “likely to appeal” an Indiana court’s ruling to dismiss its lawsuit over toll increases aimed at Class 3 and larger trucks in the state. The group filed the class action lawsuit in January 2019 after Indiana instituted a 35% increase in […]
Organizers of the Mid-America Trucking Show announced Thursday afternoon they are cancelling the 49th annual event, which was scheduled for later this month, due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the U.S. Show management, in a note on the show’s website, said the decision was made after consultation with exhibitors and Kentucky officials. […]
