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Most truckers are not covered by President Joe Bidens Covid vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses, according to Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, a win for an industry that had warned of potential walkouts that would disrupt already strained supply chains. Weve heard some pushback from truckers today. The ironic thing is most truckers are not covered by this, because theyre driving a truck, theyre in a cab, theyre by themselves, they woul

Truck driving is becoming a desk job at Einride, the Swedish company whose electric Pods are now plying the freight yards at GE Appliances' 750-acre campus in Louisville, Kentucky. Why it matters: The company's fleet of electric, autonomous trucks could be a model for the commercial freight industry, which faces a shortage of truck drivers and demands to reduce its carbon emissions. How it works: Einride's trucks don't have a cab, which means there's no room for a driver on board.

In conjunction with the release of the almost 500-page preamble prior to the publication of the formal federal rule, the Department of Labor released a prepared statement spelling out the primary requirements of the vaccination regulation. Companies will be required to determine the vaccination status of all their workers. Employees are required to let their employers know if they test positive for COVID-19. Companies must ensure that unvaccinated workers get tested we

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Wednesday to support livestock producers hurting for lack of feeding following this years historic drought. In a statement, the governor said that his order waives trucking regulations to allow livestock producers to get access to high-quality feed. The order takes effect immediately and will last 30 days.

GURLEY, NE No injuries were reported after a grain truck came open while crossing railroad tracks in Gurley. Authorities say the accident happened Monday morning as a truck driver was attempting to get to Highway 385 on the south side of Gurley. The driver was crossing the nearby railroad tracks on 5th St when the bottom of the hopper scraped the ground due to the grade of the road. The collision ripped open one of the hopper doors and grain began spilling onto the road. Authorities e

From an early age, Edward EN Hanson remembers riding in the cab of a truck or tractor with his dad and grandpa. I dont remember a time in the fall I wasnt in a truck, the 21-year-old said. And now, after earning his associate degree in agribusiness from Joliet Junior College, EN has moved into the drivers seat. His timing couldnt be better. Its crazy how much work there is, he said from his grandpa Eds garage

All eyes are on the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, where the ships waiting in San Pedro Bay have become a symbol of the worldwide logistics crunch. According to Marine Vessel Traffic.com, there were about 40 ships at anchor in the bay and more than 30 stopped and waiting on the high seas as of Sunday. The ports are overwhelmed by the volume of arriving containers. Theres no place to put them. As much as 40% of all imports to the U.S. come through the ports of Los Angeles and Long

Its not always easy to run a company, but its especially difficult in the competitive transportation industry. So as my company approaches its 10-year mark, I am excited to share some of the key factors that have made DVL Express one of Americas fastest growing 5000 Inc. companies.

One reason is that the U.S. Department of Transportation makes it extremely difficult for would-be truckers to obtain commercial drivers licenses if theyre being treated for opioid-use disorder with buprenorphine or methadone. States have even revoked licenses of patients who had been driving safely for years, solely because they took their medication as prescribed.

Donating a gift of grain is a simple, tax-wise way for farmers to make a difference in their local community. By giving grain to the cause close to their heart, farmers support an organization doing great things in their community and can avoid including the sale of the grain in their farm income. Although a charitable income tax deduction is generally not available, the significant benefit is the avoidance of declaring it as income.

It took Shawn Cwynar only two years to see all 48 states in the continental U.S. Rhode Island was the last state he drove into, but he particularly enjoys passing through the dense woodland of Vermont or riding along the Columbia River in Oregon.

If it would be legitimately unsafe to operate, the short answer to the question in the headline here is "yes," as detailed in this adaptation of an installment in Overdrive's "Trucking Law" series. In it, attorney Paul Taylor of the Truckers Justice Center details just what protections the Surface Transportation Assistance Act offers any employee driver who refuses to drive when conditions would make it unsafe.

Rising fuel costs, parking among top owner-op concerns Fuel prices, truck parking and driver compensation are the top three trucking industry concerns for owner-operators, according to the American Transportation Research Institutes annual Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry survey. The survey was conducted from Sept. 8 through Oct. 15, and the results were revealed at the American Trucking Associations Management Conference and Exhibition.

While some industries are struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, changing shopping habits and the surge in demand for goods have generated new opportunities in others. Chicago resident Mohammad Banibaker saw the pandemic as a chance to jump into the trucking and logistics industries a sector that has always piqued his interest. Logistics was always in the back of my mind, I just never had the time or opportunity to get in, Banibaker told FreightWaves. &l

European corn farmers are facing the prospect of having to leave crops in fields because of the energy crunch, a fresh sign of how the crisis is heightening the risk of global food inflation. The grain typically needs to be dried down after its collected to ensure the proper moisture content, a task thats becoming more costly as gas prices surge. Most of the regions harvest is collected through November, and the crop is in strong demand to vie against increasingly expensi

Cully Frisard, COO of his family business, Frisard Cos., a Gramercy, La.-based trucking firm, and Gene Woolsey, a Missouri-based retired driver volunteering for Convoy of Hope, were formally honored as Truckings Frontline Heroes for 2021 by Transport Topics on Oct. 26 at ATAs Management Conference & Exhibition at the Music City Center.

The great global supply chain crisis of 2021 which has ensnared groceries, holiday shopping and everything in between has bottlenecked West Coast ports, and drawn the involvement of the White House to address it. As the disruption reaches a boiling point and adds to rising price pressures, longshoremen, union representatives and truck drivers have pointed fingers over which party is best positioned to alleviate some of the strains.

The decades-old truck driver shortage, now estimated at 80,000, is bad and getting worse because of the nationwide service worker shortage, early retirements, the global pandemic and other acute economic factors. That is up from 61,000 just three years ago, in 2018. If things are bad now, inaction on the part of shippers, carriers and others will make it worse. A new study concludes the trucking industry will have to recruit nearly 1 million new drivers by 2030 to replace retiring drivers and

We do a lot of custom farming, so keeping the machines rolling is key. We cant be sitting in line waiting to dump and so forth. We needed something that we could get our grain in and keep things moving, Don Birky said. We also do non-GMO soybeans, so we wanted something totally separate so theres no contamination between corn and the non-GMO soybeans. So, we have two separate systems back to back.

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Audra Smith and about a half-dozen others camped out this week at the Department of Motor Vehicles Commercial Drive Test Center in Fontana, hoping to put a small dent in the estimated shortage of 80,000 truckers contributing to gridlock in the global supply chain. All were awaiting a rigorous driving test that could yield a Class A commercial truck driver license necessary to drive big rigs across Californias highways.

The sale is part of ADM's review of its dry ethanol mills that started in 2016 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-adm-m-a-exclusive/exclusive-adm-ceo-says-wrong-time-for-monster-acquisitions-idUSKCN1PA2H1 following a plunge in oil prices. Ethanol is by far the most widely used biofuel.

A man who was fired Thursday from a grain services company in Nebraska returned to the facility later in the day and fatally shot two people and wounded another, police said. Hours after he was terminated from the company, Max Hoskinson, 61, returned to the Agrex Elevator in Superior with a handgun and opened fire, Nebraska State Patrol said.

Cargo ships waiting to unload at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach California could keep some of Americas store shelves bare for a while. These two ports handle the bulk of cargo coming from China. Cargo keeps coming from China, making the congestion craziness only worse. The dozens of ships floating in the pacific are carrying products that used to be some of Americas good paying jobs.