Logistics

The Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA), which handles the majority of toll roads in the Houston area, announced March 12 that toll booth operators will no longer handle cash or coin payments. In recent days, other transportation authorities across the country – including Delaware, Illinois...

The Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA) has raised concerns about the state's closure of its rest stops with the Keystone State's officials and a resumption of permitted parking at those sites is possible. Kevin Stewart, the president of PMTA, told FreightWaves that the state is "going to...

The premier of Canada's largest province, Ontario, declared a state of emergency this morning, banning public gatherings and closing restaurants among a spate of measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The new measures, however, preserve key openings that will soften the blow for...

Snow plow drivers are working overtime to clear roads in the Sierra Nevada. This is day four of a major storm that has dumped more than four feet of snow in some spots. Look for one more day of heavy snowfall and gusty winds in the Sierra Nevada, as well as the Cascades of northern California and...

With the globe experiencing an increase in ecommerce as quarantines and bans on public gatherings continue to rise, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it will add 100,000 new roles to support its delivery service and that it will begin to prioritize shipments from third-party sellers to...

Midstream logistics provider USD Group and on-site rail services provider Railserve are forming a strategic alliance to provide services to their shipping customers. The two said their offering will support their customers' rail-related logistics needs. The offerings will include services such as...

Recruiters say there is a high demand for qualified drivers and competition is fierce to hire them first. This is because drivers often talk to multiple carriers at the same time once they make the decision to leave their current trucking company. A 2019 survey by Glassdoor found that nearly 60...

Used Class 8 trucks sold at the fastest rate in two years in February as depressed prices and seasonality combined to juice an otherwise quiet equipment market. "Relatively solid February numbers were a reflection of where the market may have been headed before the coronavirus flipped the economy...

For nearly 15 years, the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has been in the thick of relief and recovery efforts in disasters ranging from hurricanes to tornadoes, from tsunamis to floods. But it has never faced anything like this. COVID-19, the name for the novel coronavirus which, according...

A rare emergency waiver from trucking hours-of-service (HOS) regulations provides welcome relief to an industry responding to supply chain disruptions caused by the coronavirus — while simultaneously leaving carriers confused over what the waiver actually covers. The declaration, issued late...

As the effects of the coronavirus continue to spread throughout the supply chain, American shippers, freight forwarders and draymen want the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to quickly finalize and publish its interpretive rule for what constitutes the fair assessment of detention and...

If the coronavirus is brought under control in the next few months, China ramps up its industrial production and the global economy recovers in the second half, ocean spot rates for major dry-bulk cargoes — iron ore and coal — would increase. If investors believed this, the "forward curve" of dry...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday "aggressive" steps to lock down the country's borders to curb the spread of coronavirus but left crucial openings that will allow freight to move from the United States. "We will continue to ensure that Canada receives important goods,"...

Stifel Financial (NYSE: SF) expects disruption from the coronavirus to "persist into July, and possibly even longer," said the company in a Monday morning note to clients recapping a conference call it held Sunday on supply chain implications related to the outbreak. Equity research teams covering...

The precipitous drop in port volumes at the North American coastal ports is packing a one-two punch for the North American international intermodal sector.  The escalation of canceled sailings is resulting in a significant pile-up of containers at the ports because there haven't been enough...