The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing to eliminate its federal vision exemption waiver program and instead let medical professionals and carriers determine whether drivers with limited vision in one eye may drive com…
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Canada Cartage has added 50 trucks through its acquisition of City Transfer. But the deal announced this week also represents just the latest step in a strategy to expand its presence in and around the nation’s capital.The fleet fir…
XPO Logistics, a leading global provider of transport and logistics solutions, announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the majority of Kuehne + Nagel’s contract logistics operations in the UK and Ireland.
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Here are the headlines on Tuesday, January 5
Schools shut in England’s third national lockdown
England is in its third national lockdown after Boris Johnson shut schools to most pupils and imposed the toughest restrictions since March in an attempt to …
With online commerce driven to new heights last year, the supply chain and logistics sector was stretched to its maximum.
For independent truckers, the onset of the global pandemic was filled with uncertainty. With an initial slowdo…
Since its formation in 2012, HGVTraining.co.uk has more than trebled its turnover, making it the largest provider of HGV training services in the UK. It’s now set to continue this domination by expanding the corporate training arm of the business….
The first lorry has gone through controls at the Eurotunnel as it heads for Europe, following the UK’s historic departure from the single market.
river Slavi Ivanov Shumeykov smiled and waved as his HGV was processed by officials late on New Year’s Eve…
Driver Slavi Ivanov Shumeykov smiled and waved as his HGV was processed by officials late on New Year’s Eve.
His Eddie Stobart vehicle went through Eurotunnel controls in Folkestone, Kent just after 11pm on Thursday.
The first arrivals on the sh…
It was a year like no other. A raging global pandemic. An unprecedented economic shutdown. Truckers feted as frontline heroes.And yet the Canadian trucking industry soldiered on through it all. Your trusty Today’s Trucking scribes hunkered down at home…
Britain is expected to sign a free-trade agreement with Turkey as early as Tuesday, clearing the way for continued commerce between the two G20 countries after Brexit.Trade Secretary Liz Truss said the deal would lock in existing trade shortcuts and pa…
ARLINGTON, Va. – More good news has emerged from analysts, with the American Trucking Association’s For-Hire Truck Tonnage venturing into positive territory.The measure – which is dominated by contract freight rather than spot market shipments — increa…
FourKites, a business that offers real-time visibility into the supply chain, is reporting a surge in activity as trucks scramble to keep shelves stocked this holiday season.Shipping volumes in the retail sector are up 89% since the beginning of Decemb…
TORONTO, Ont. – As small- and medium-sized retailers struggle to find couriers to deliver online orders ahead of the holiday, a researcher suggests crowdshipping could be the key to solving the issue.In crowdshipping, businesses crowdsource drivers who…
The ongoing Dover port shut down crisis could impact the ability to get certain produce on the shelves, a Nottingham haulage boss has said.
The UK has been cut off from large parts of Europe – and some other areas of the world – as authorities imposed …
G7’s artificial intelligence technology on a truck at its Beijing headquarters. The company takes its name from the G7 Beijing–Urumqi Expressway, the world’s longest desert highway.
Photographer: Gilles Sabrie/Bloomberg
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