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Trump appointee reaches out to ‘Mayday’ trucker to set up possible meeting
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves.com Scott Jordan a trucker from Peculiar, Missouri, arrived at the nation’s Capitol early Friday morning with a mission – to meet with President Donald Trump and deliver his letter in person about how some small-business truckers are days or weeks away from shuttering operations because of low freight […]
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Two small trucking fleets file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves.com Two small trucking companies in Arkansas and Texas filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in April. Family-owned Fairfield Trucking Inc. of Hamburg, Arkansas, headed by James Andrew Barnes, submitted a bankruptcy petition in mid-April. The company lists assets ranging from $0 to $50,000 and liabilities as being between $500,000 […]
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Great American Trucking Show (GATS) is cancelled due to COVID-19
Randall-Reilly is canceling the Great American Trucking Show (GATS), scheduled for Aug. 27-29, 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This decision has been made with the health and well-being of all participants first and foremost in mind. According to the official GATS website. You can find more info HERE at truckshow.com Source and credits: truckshow.com […]
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A standoff between police and truck driver shuts down i-94 in Skokie IL
Story Updated 4?29?2020 at 8:00 PM (CST) According to the article in the patch.com and Illinois State Police- “Both directions of Interstate 94 were shut down at Old Orchard Road for more than four hours Wednesday morning. State police shut down the Edens Expressway in both directions at Old Orchard Road Wednesday morning due to […]
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Will coronavirus pandemic accelerate the adoption of autonomous vehicles?
Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam at FreightWaves With roughly one million people infected with COVID-19 in the U.S., the importance of social distancing cannot be overstated. However, this is easier said than done within the freight industry. Being frontline responders to the crisis, the trucking community cannot afford to stay at home in quarantine. This […]
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Hotel chain offers discount, meals for truckers during COVID-19
Story by Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves.com One hotel chain is offering a significant discount on its daily rates as a way to say thank you to truck drivers hauling essential freight during the coronavirus pandemic. Drury Hotels, a private, family-owned and operated company, is offering rooms for $59 for truckers at its 150 hotels in 27 states […]
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PPP, key tool to keep workers employed, runs out of funds
Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves The Payroll Protection Plan (PPP), which was designed to keep people employed and paid, has run out of money. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) posted the news on its website this morning, April 16, under a banner that said “Notice: Lapse in Appropriations.” “The SBA is currently […]
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Drugs worth $38 million hidden in tractor-trailers were seized over two days in Texas
Story by: Noi Mahoney at FreightWaves Law enforcement found two tons of marijuana and 1,800 pounds of methamphetamine during two separate drug busts in Texas last week. Both seizures occurred at international bridge crossings with the narcotics hidden inside produce shipments from Mexico. The first incident occurred on March 22 when United States Customs […]
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Scared drivers press on toward looming freight cliff
Story by: Alan Adler at FreightWaves A train coming to a sudden stop is how veteran driver Henry Albert describes what truckers will soon face in seeking freight loads to haul. “When the front of a train stops, the slack between the couplers comes out,” he said. “I can see for the first time […]
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