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Majority of readers favor U.S. exit from WHO
Two-thirds of readers signaled support for Trumpâs move to pull out of the World Health Organization. Read more comments here on Overdrive.
September 10, 2020
Business
Truckload volume, rates tick higher amid retailersâ rush to re-stock
During the first week of March, truckload rates rose as consumers boosted spending on shelf-stable food and cleaning supplies, in part anticipating coronavirus spread.
March 12, 2020
Business
Coronavirus risk for truckers appears minimal, though lockdown in China could impact inbound freight
As of right now, the CDC says the virus spreads from person-to-person and not from surfaces. Details on the virus and China's port lockdown here on Overdrive.
February 10, 2020
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your view of the trucking impact of the escalating import-tariff tit-for-tat with China?
What do you feel has been the domestic freight/trucking impact of the escalating back-and-forth of levies on import tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China on each otherâs goods? Positive? Negative? Not so simple? Weigh in here.
October 14, 2019
Voices
POLL: Will freight volumes be impacted by newly imposed U.S. import tariffs?
Let us know on Overdrive how you believe trucking industry freight volumes will be impacted by these new tariffs.
July 5, 2018
Channel 19
Monday round-up: 15L option in the making for Cat trucks, another âghost fleetâ debuts
Interesting news bits in a Jack Roberts interview with Caterpillar about its split with Navistar on Cat trucks. And: Tip on the new âGhost Fleetâ novel war-gaming a near-future China-U.S. conflict, techno-thriller style.
August 3, 2015
Channel 19
File under: U.S. trucking rules!
Think youâve got it bad from time to time? Consider this story of trucking in the Syrian uprising.
April 6, 2013
Channel 19
Toll evasion = life sentence for Chinese ag hauler
After public outcry over the severity of the life prison sentence handed down to a hauler of agricultural commodities for evading road tolls in China, the Chinese government is reportedly revisiting the sentence and has put court officials who handed it down under investigation themselves, according to this AP report on the subject. The hauler, [âŚ]
January 17, 2011
Channel 19
Congestion diary: And you thought we had it bad. . .
Next time youâre sighing or beating your steering wheel over some mammoth traffic jam on your way into Atlanta, Chicago, L.A. or other American city, consider this: Two successive 60-plus-mile traffic jams, some lasting more than an entire week, have plagued the Beijing-Tibet Expressway into Chinaâs capital city in the past month, highlighting some congestion [âŚ]
September 13, 2010
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