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Ottawa Declares Emergency After Trucker Protests Spin ‘Out of Control’

Canada’s capital city remained under a state of emergency Monday as police tried to rein in protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg.

Vaccine Protest Snarls Canada-U.S. Border Crossing for Fifth Day

Two lanes of traffic have reopened at one of Canada’s busiest border crossings five days after a group of vehicles blocked the highway to protest vaccine mandates for truckers.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest against vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo: Bloomberg.

Trucker Protest Strands Beef Shipments at U.S.-Canada Border

Protesters who are rallying against vaccine mandates are holding up shipments of Canadian beef to the U.S.

Commercial trucks and passenger vehicles drive across Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ontario. The bridge connects Windsor to Detroit and facilitates over 30% of all Canada-U.S. road trade. Photo: Bloomberg.

Truckers Protesting Vaccine Rule Stay Put in Canada’s Capital

Raucous protests in Canada’s capital continued Sunday over trucker vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 health restrictions, but the crowd thinned from its height a day earlier after drawing military and political rebukes for poor behavior.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg.

Sleepy Truckers Get Forgotten in Supply Chain Crisis

President Biden’s sweeping infrastructure law was supposed to ease problems for the trucking industry and relieve supply chain woes, but the law overlooked a vital necessity for truckers: Parking.

Photo: Sergey Lavrentev/ Canva.

Can a Self-Driving 40-Ton Truck Be Safe? Developers Say Yes

Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing fire from safety advocates who call the technology a risk to motorists.

A truck carrying a J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. intermodal container enters the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

LA Port Truckers Seek to Unionize in New Gig Work Showdown

Hundreds of truckers who haul goods at Southern California ports and railyards are petitioning to unionize, hoping to convince federal authorities they’re really employees and not contractors as their company claims.

Trucks enter and exit the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Trucker Vaccine Rule Is Making Freight and Fruit Pricier

New rules requiring truckers to show proof of vaccination when crossing the Canada-U.S. border are cutting into shipping capacity and boosting the cost of hauling everything from broccoli to tomatoes.

A woman holds up her vaccination card. Photo: Bloomberg.

Routed Deliveries Help Reduce Inventory Backlogs

Retailers can use routed deliveries to reduce inventory backlogs and other unpleasant shipping issues.

Parcels with tracking codes are stacked. Photo: Leonid Iastremskyi/ Alamy.

Omicron’s Surge Gives Bosses a Reason to Order Shots Biden Can’t

The U.S. Supreme Court may have rejected a federal rule mandating COVID-19 vaccinations or testing, but businesses threatened by omicron’s spread might be forced to implement one anyway to protect the workers they have and keep factories open.

Baskets of syringes at a COVID-19 vaccination site. Photo: Bloomberg.

Imaginnovate Enhances Fleet Enable to Track Final-Mile Teams in the Field

Logistics technology developer Imaginnovate announced a new feature to Fleet Enable providing final-mile carriers significant advantage in managing white glove deliveries.

Smart Fleets, Driver Rights: What’s Coming for Trucking in 2022

Creative problem-solving, with help from modern technology, will help stabilize U.S. trucking and move the industry forward.

A driver poses in front of his truck. Photo: Getty Images.

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