Economists and industry experts widely believe supply chain disruptions will continue to greatly impact the transportation industry for the first half of the year, and possibly into 2023.
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Matt Silver, CEO of Cargado, discusses how AI, data and smarter platforms are reshaping cross-border shipping.
Canada Plans to Tow Trucks, Freeze Protesting Truckers' Accounts
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking emergency powers across all of Canada to quell protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
February 15, 2022Police Begin Arresting Mandate Protesters; Vital Bridge Still Closed
WINDSOR, Ontario — Police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing on Feb. 13, ending a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that has hurt the economy of both nations even as they held back from a crackdown on a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa.
February 13, 2022Inflation, Tangled Supply Lines Are Gripping Economy
WASHINGTON — Since the pandemic erupted two years ago, Forest Ramsey and his wife, Kelly, have held the line on prices at their gourmet chocolate shop in Louisville, Ky. Now, they’re about to throw in the towel.
February 11, 2022Truckers’ Input Sought as Illinois Expressway Shootings Skyrocket
Truck drivers traveling along Illinois expressways where shootings spiked 110% last year are advised to report suspicious activity and use a new police website map of real-time gunfire reports.
February 11, 2022Ontario Declares State of Emergency Over Blocked US Bridge
The premier of Canada’s biggest province declared a state of emergency, warning protesters choking off traffic at a key U.S. border crossing and causing gridlock in Canada’s capital they face stiff punishment if they don’t leave.
February 11, 2022Maine Sets $1.8 Billion Plan for Infrastructure Upgrades
Three steel bridges in Maine that cross Interstate 95 and date to the Dwight Eisenhower administration are included in a $1.8 billion plan to overhaul some of the state’s transportation infrastructure.
February 9, 2022Driver Drug Violations Increased by 10% in 2021 Over Prior Year
The total number of truck driver drug violations increased by 10% in 2021, compared with total numbers reported in 2020, according to a new federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse summary report.
February 9, 2022Familiar Spots Lead ATRI’s Top Highway Bottlenecks
Some very familiar trouble spots lead the 2022 Top Truck Bottlenecks List from the American Transportation Research Institute.
February 9, 2022Illinois Allows Easy Transfers of Out-of-State CDLs Through March 31
Transferring an out-of-state commercial driver license to Illinois is easier due to a temporary measure by the Illinois secretary of state that is set to expire March 31.
February 8, 2022