Coronavirus News Updates

Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Amazon Sales Curbs in France Stay as Judges Put Safety First

Amazon .com Inc. lost its fight to be able to sell the whole range of its products in France after failing to convince judges it had taken measures to protect workers from the coronavirus.

April 24, 2020
Business, Equipment, Safety

Keeping Trucks Rolling Amid Pandemic

American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council is now serving as a conduit of information as to how maintenance operations can sustain, protect and facilitate trucking’s critical role in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic.

April 24, 2020
Business, Equipment

US Durable Goods Orders Plunge Most Since 2014 on Pandemic

U.S. orders for durable goods declined in March by the most since 2014 as the coronavirus and slumping oil prices reverberated through the manufacturing sector and spurred cancelled orders for Boeing Co. airplanes.

April 24, 2020
Business, Logistics

Instacart Doubled Workforce in a Month

Instacart Inc. more than doubled the number of people who pick and deliver groceries to customers over the past few weeks and said it will add an additional 250,000 in the next two months, a response to unprecedented demand for the service.

April 23, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Anguish Grows in Russia Oil Sector Overwhelmed by Price Fall

As Russia’s small oil producers struggle to survive a historic price crash, some say in private they wish they could just set their crude ablaze.

April 23, 2020
Business, Safety, Logistics

ATRI Coronavirus Study Shows Truck Activity Spike, Dip in Six States

Although trucking activity spiked across six states during the coronavirus pandemic’s early days, a recent analysis from the American Transportation Research Institute indicates that such freight activity has declined.

April 23, 2020
Government, Business

Experts’ Pessimism Deepens Over Economy’s Health

The U.S. economy likely will shrink when first-quarter gross domestic product figures are released by the federal government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis on April 29.

April 23, 2020
Business, Equipment

Alcoa Cuts Supply and Pulls Outlook for Reeling Aluminum Market

One of the most recognizable names in the aluminum market offered little optimism for the industry as it’s rocked by the coronavirus crisis.

April 23, 2020
Government, Business

26 Million Have Sought US Jobless Aid Since Virus Hit

More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the government said April 23.

April 23, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics

Food Trucks Hit Snags in Securing Permits for Rest Stops

A plan by federal regulators to allow food trucks at rest areas has hit some speed bumps.

April 22, 2020