Coronavirus
Working Group Tackles COVID Food Supply Chain Disruptions

Leaders in the food transportation sector are working together to share lessons learned during the coronavirus pandemic.
December 3, 2020Class 8 Orders Surge to Fourth-Highest Monthly Volume Ever

North American Class 8 orders reached 51,900 in November, according to ACT Research.
December 3, 2020Carriers Face Compounded Demand This Holiday Season
The trucking industry, working since March to replenish inventories depleted by the coronavirus, now has to grapple with holiday season demand.
December 3, 2020OPEC+ Agrees on Gradual Easing of Oil-Output Cuts Next Year

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies reached an agreement to ease its oil-output cuts next year more gradually than previously planned, giving a fragile market more time to absorb the extra supply.
December 3, 2020US Jobless Claims Drop, Offering Ray of Hope for Labor Market

Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by the most in almost two months, offering some hope that the gradual recovery in the job market will continue despite a spike in COVID-19 infections and renewed business restrictions.
December 3, 2020Fed Sees Moderate Growth With Virus Causing Slowdowns

The U.S. economic recovery remained moderate across much of the country, and showed signs of a slowdown in areas where coronavirus cases are particularly high, according to a Federal Reserve report.
December 2, 2020Congestion, Slowdown at Ports Cause Growing Concern
Many of the nation’s ports, especially on the West Coast, are reporting long delays to unload cargo ships, and warehouses near those facilities are filled as the supply chains are overloaded with goods.
December 2, 2020Coronavirus Likely Altered Supply Chains Permanently, XPO’s Chowdhury Says
Supply chains have changed dramatically to adapt to the coronavirus, but many of those changes may outlast the pandemic.
December 2, 2020DOT Makes Preparations Ahead of COVID-19 Vaccine Transport

USDOT announced Dec. 1 that it has taken regulatory measures to facilitate the safe and rapid transport of the much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine.
December 1, 2020US Factory Gauge Eases From Two-Year High as Employment Cools
U.S. manufacturing expanded at a slower pace in November, easing back from the strongest reading in two years as orders, employment and production cooled.
December 1, 2020