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FMCSA has granted a waiver for expiring CDLs until June 30th
“Waiver in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency –For States, CDL Holders, CLP Holders, and Interstate Drivers Operating Commercial Motor Vehicles. March 24, 2020 AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Grant of waiver. SUMMARY: FMCSA grants, until June 30, 2020, a waiver from certain regulations applicable to interstate and intrastate commercial driver’s license (CDL) and […]
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P.A.M. Transportation lays off 75 employees, mostly nondrivers
Story by: Todd Maiden At FreightWaves P.A.M. Transportation Services (NASDAQ: PTSI) confirmed it has temporarily laid off approximately 75 employees, mostly “non-essential to daily operations” in response to recent coronavirus-related auto plant closures. Responding to an email from FreightWaves, P.A.M. Transportation CEO Dan Cushman said 65 employees were laid off on Friday, “very few” […]
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Transportation, logistics workers deemed essential during coronavirus crisis
Story by: Kim Link-Wills at FreightWaves / AmericanShipper The transportation industry is critical for the movement of goods. But are all employees working for transportation and logistics companies “essential” during these unprecedented times of mandatory quarantines? New York joined California on Friday morning in ordering all nonessential workers to stay home. The Department of […]
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Pennsylvania shuts all rest stops to all activity, including parking
Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves Pennsylvania has closed all 35 of its highway rest stops to all activity following the declaration of a state of emergency. A spokeswoman for the state’s Department of Transportation said the closure impacts not only the limited facilities at the rest stops, like bathrooms and vending machines. It […]
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Trucking needs more clarity on emergency HOS waiver
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves 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 Friday by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), details […]
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Truckers risk exposure to coronavirus while delivering medical and food supplies
Story by: Clarissa Hawes at FreightWaves As medical professionals and public health officials work to slow the spread of the coronavirus, truck drivers are also working around-the-clock to deliver critical medical supplies, food and other essentials to hospitals and grocery stores nationwide. Deb LaBree and her husband, Del, of Joplin, Missouri, haul vital medical […]
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FMCSA suspends Hours of Service nationwide for COVID-19 related freight movement
Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves In what it says is a first, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a 50-state waiver to the Hours of Service (HOS) Rule for commercial vehicle drivers transporting goods related to the COVID-19 outbreak. The order was issued late Friday evening and had been foretold earlier in […]
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Crisis or hype? Transportation industry insiders have differing views on coronavirus
Story by: Brian Straight at FreightWaves Rick Brumett, Transportation Insight vice president of client solutions, said the 2003 global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused a 2.3% reduction in global economic expansion. The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic could triple that, he said. “When the coronavirus started to hit epidemic proportions, the Chinese New Year […]
Learn MoreFMCSA likely to grant Hours of Service waiver for all of the US
Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves An emergency proclamation suspending an undefined part of the Hours of Service (HOS) rules through the entire U.S. is expected to be granted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA). The federal waiver will come as HOS rules were falling […]
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