Company fails to protect drivers from COVID-19, port truckers claim
A pair of California truck drivers filed a formal complaint Container Connection, alleging it failed to protect its drivers from COVID-19.
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Feds move to get trucks COVID-19 shot
A federal agency indicates that a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine may soon roll out to truckers via truck stops, something OOIDA pushed for.
COVID-19 need-to-know info, brought to you by Land Line, OOIDA
Brought to you by Land Line, OOIDA’s COVID-19 resources guide compiles everything truck drivers need to know about COVID-19.
FMCSA extends COVID-19 emergency declaration through May 31
An emergency declaration providing truckers an unprecedented HOS waiver to help provide coronavirus relief will remain in place through May.
OOIDA to feds: Get COVID-19 vaccine to truckers
OOIDA urges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prioritize truckers to get a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine where they frequent.
COVID-19 vaccinations: How is it going?
COVID-19 vaccinations are in the news constantly, but how is the overall effort going? Also, homeland security lists its concerns for 2021.
COVID-19 vaccine rolls out with truckers at the wheel
The COVID-19 vaccine rolls out with truckers at the wheel; breaking down the logistics of getting an entire nation inoculated. Plus, red-light cameras in Florida.
Take a number: COVID-19 vaccine rollout plans
It won’t be long before truckers are asked to take a number and get in line for a COVID-19 vaccine – the latest chatter surrounding...
DOT prepares for quick transport of COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. Department of Transportation says it is making all the necessary preparations for a swift delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19 vaccine could be available to truckers in early 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine could be available to truck drivers and other essential workers in late January or early February.
Researcher highlights widespread implications of COVID-19 and trucking
Dr. Michael Lemke's research on long-haul truckers and COVID-19 draws from his experience as a former trucker driver himself.
COVID-19’s toll on trucking topic of next ‘Live From Exit 24’
The next “Live From Exit 24” will focus on COVID-19 and its effect on trucking and how it forced the reimagination of events like GBATS.
COVID-19 testing expands as part of Ontario pilot program
Ontario’s provincial government launched a pilot program making it easier for truckers to access COVID-19 testing.
As COVID-19 cases rise, truckers share their stories of diagnosis and recovery
As positive COVID-19 case numbers rise in the US pandemic stories from trucking industry professionals become more prevalent in the national spotlight.
COVID-19 hot topic in trucks, Congress
Two members of Congress want the U.S. DOT to speed up the march toward automated vehicles – in part, to help stem the tide of...
COVID-19: Survival for people, business
An owner-operator who survived COVID-19 is now fighting to full recover; meanwhile, pandemic uncertainty may slow the recovery for freight and rates.
Ontario pilot program expands COVID-19 testing for truckers
Ontario is launching a pilot program aiming to improve the accessibility of COVID-19 testing for the trucking industry at high-volume truck traffic locations.
Motorists who visited Topeka service area possibly exposed to COVID-19
If you visited the Topeka service area off of Interstate 70 on July 2-4 and are feeling under the weather, seek medical attention.
FMCSA offers discretion on drug, alcohol testing during COVID-19 outbreak
FMCSA issues a notice of enforcement discretion for motor carriers whose random drug and alcohol testing may be disrupted because of the pandemic.
COVID-19 hangs over rising rates
Freight and rates continue to climb ahead of the Fourth of July, but the question of rising COVID-19 cases hangs over the post-holiday future.
COVID-19 victim survives – and thrives
Land Line Now, June 22, 2020. Click on the play button to hear our latest podcasts. An owner-operator from southeastern Kansas who survived COVID-19 is...
How Gharmalkar LLC survived owner Anil’s bout with COVID-19
hat happens when a small-business trucking company owner becomes too ill with COVID-19 to run his company? This is Anil Gharmalkar's story.
Effects of COVID-19 downturn on the truckload rates are murky
Because of the breadth of it, the coronavirus pandemic has hit supply chains like no other disruptive event in memory.
COVID-19: The drivers’ perspective
Land Line’s Wendy Parker shares the stories of four truck drivers and what they have gone through during the COVID-19 pandemic.
OOIDA to Sen. Wicker: ‘no place’ for drivers to fight COVID-19 on the road
Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate committee that oversees transportation, had questions about COVID-19’s impact on trucking. OOIDA provided answers.