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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2020

Tech Companies Help Truckers Find Places to Rest

With the COVID-19 outbreak restricting the places truck drivers can go for a meal or a break, three companies have added alerts to their tech solutions to give drivers a heads up to open rest areas or truck stops.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2020

CDC Issues Guidance for Essential Workers Possibly Exposed to COVID-19

CDC has released guidance for essential workers, including those in trucking, to allow them to continue work following potential exposure to the COVID-19 coronavirus.

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Newsby StaffApril 10, 2020

C.H. Robinson, Love’s, Yokohama Donate to St. Christopher Truckers Fund

The St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund, which helps professional drivers who can’t work due to illness or injury, has received large donations from C.H. Robinson, Love's Travel Stops, and Yokohama Tire to help it in efforts to assist drivers who contract COVID-19.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeApril 10, 2020

New Jersey Requiring Face Masks

Effective April 10, New Jersey is requiring workers and customers to wear cloth face covering while on the premises of the essential retail businesses, warehouses, and construction sites that are still allowed to be open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ArticlesApril 8, 2020

Truck Driver Creates 3D Printing Group for Face Shields

Canadian truck driver Petko Ganachev has created a 3D printing group that is making face shields and mask straps to help ease shortages across the country in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Newsby StaffApril 7, 2020

TSA Grants Hazmat Extension

The Transportation Safety Administration, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, has granted an exemption for Hazardous Material Endorsement (HME) holders.

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Newsby StaffApril 7, 2020

ATA, Some States Cancel Driver Championships

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Trucking Associations has cancelled the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships, which were scheduled to take place Aug. 19-22 in Indianapolis.

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Articlesby Jim ParkApril 6, 2020

Q&A: AI Expert Talks Autonomous Trucks

Richard Bishop, AI industry analyst and intelligent vehicle applications specialist, spoke with Jim Park about autonomous trucks for an episode of the HDT Talks Trucking podcast.

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Newsby StaffApril 5, 2020

Food Trucks to be Allowed at Rest Areas

The federal government has told states that they may allow food trucks to operate during rest areas to help feed truck drivers during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Newsby StaffApril 2, 2020

NATSO, ATA Call for Increased Driver Access to Truckstops

NATSO and the American Trucking Associations are calling on state and local governments to carefully define social distancing guidelines regarding truckstops and travel plazas.

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