Bame communities face a disproportionate risk of losing their jobs once the government’s furlough scheme ends in the Spring, research suggests.A report published by the Resolution Foundation shows that people from ethnic minorities are more likely to w…
“I’ve stayed 12 and a half stone since 18, I don’t drink and I don’t smoke.”Those were the words of wisdom from one of Cumbria’s oldest truckers, who offered his advice on the secret to working more than 50 hours a week at the age of 80.
Maurice Slesso…
ROCHESTER, Minn. – This pandemic has disrupted all of our lives and many industries are taking bigger hits than others. For truck drivers, they’ve been working non-stop, not knowing what’s ahead of them each day.
Benton Brockett is a trucker at Lawrenc…
A person was cut free from a car after an accident involving two vehicles in south Liverpool.
The emergency services were called to the junction of Lawrence Road and Gainsborough Road in Wavertree at around 3.33pm today following reports of an accident…
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Exclusive: Testimony of HGV drivers from ex-Soviet countries raises fresh questions over supply chain
Amazon parcels being prepared for delivery. Amazon, which has prospered during the pandemic, has promi…
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Truck drivers should be ready to handle the unique risks they are facing in dealing with Covid-19, public health officials warned Thursday.They were speaking at a webinar hosted by the Region of Peel in partnership with the Ontario Tru…
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Last Thursday I was shopping at Market32 in Pittsfield when I heard what sounded like thousands of pingpong balls pounding onto the roof. A shopper next to me commented out loud “that’s some rain.” The color drained from my face as I r…
Celebrating its 90 year anniversary, family-owned logistics company George H Kime & Co Ltd has taken delivery of 19 Renault Trucks Range T480 6×2 pusher TML tractor units from Thompson Commercials. Striking in the company’s specially commissioned a…
Today’s network of big-box retailers and online shopping likely wouldn’t exist without the deregulation of the trucking industry 40 years ago this month.
The Motor Carrier Act of 1980, passed by President Jimmy Carter, slashed the cost of moving goods …
Covid-19 investigations
Retail industry
A new business model seems to be taking hold in a logistics system under huge strain
One driver said he had been living in his truck for six months.
Photograph: Mari…
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Lawrence V. Toole Insurance Agency Inc. is sponsoring a free Shred-It Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 27, at the Toole Agency, 195 Main St. Busi…
All dressed up but nowhere to go – well, not for the time being at least. That how things stand for the beautifully finished, pre-owned Mercedes-Benz Actros delivered to The Event Gallery Fine Art shortly before the imposition of Covid-19 lockdown rest…
All dressed up but nowhere to go – well, not for the time being at least. That how things stand for the beautifully finished, pre-owned Mercedes-Benz Actros delivered to The Event Gallery Fine Art shortly before the imposition of Covid-19 lockdown rest…
A landslip has closed lines through the Lincolnshire town of Scunthorpe, in the north east of England. Freight rolls on, including steel from the local plant, and biomass fuel trains from the nearby port of Immingham.
A weekend landslip brou…
State Attorney Jack Campbell isn’t pressing charges against the driver of a truck who accelerated into a crowd of protesters on May 30. The incident in Tallahassee was captured on numerous cell phone videos.
In a letter to Tallahassee Police Chief Lawr…