(Natural News) A Supreme Court decision may force over 70,000 truck owner-operators in California to stop driving, creating another choke point in the already stressed West Coast logistics networks. The AB5 law restricts the use of independent contractors and will soon be enforced against the trucking industry after the court declined to hear their appeal. […]

(Natural News) Auction prices for used trucks are falling as the freight market cools off. The rate at which prices are falling is occurring almost as rapidly as they rose to record-highs over the last year. The drop in used truck prices is leaving many owner-operators stuck with overpriced equipment that they purchased when prices […]

(Natural News) The uncontrollable surge in oil prices is starting to limit the ability of truckers to do their job, leading to more inflation. Data collected by the Associated Press shows that diesel prices have increased by approximately 70 percent since last year. This has severely impacted the ability of many truck companies to do their work, […]

(Natural News) The price of diesel has reached an all-time high of $5.321 a gallon, leaving the trucking industry reeling and the supply chain on the brink of collapse. Oil and gas prices have also increased, now standing at $4.187 a gallon, just a smidge down from the all-time high of $4.331 set on March 11. The trucking […]

(Natural News) The Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine mandate for Canadian truck drivers who want to return to their country is now in effect. Canadian truckers who are not fully vaccinated have to provide the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) with a negative PCR test collected no later than 72 hours before they arrive at the border. After they present […]

(Natural News) Canada’s federal government announced on Thursday, January 13, that unvaccinated Canadian truckers will not be exempted from the new vaccine mandate for truck drivers. In a joint statement, the country’s transportation, health, and public safety ministers said the initial policy requiring truckers coming into Canada to be fully vaccinated, or face PCR testing […]

(Natural News) A shortage of urea, a key ingredient in fertilizers, threatens the food supply chain in Australia as it troubles Australian farmers who need the chemical for their diesel-powered trucks. National Road Transport Association of Australia (NatRoad) CEO Warren Clark explained how the limited supply of urea affects farmers in the country. At least half of […]

(Natural News) As the current supply chain backlogs continue, the problem of truck driver shortages is gaining a lot of attention. Although it has never been easy to find people willing to drive trucks, the problem has become particularly pronounced since the beginning of the year. The American Truckers Association reports that the U.S. is […]

(Natural News) The supply chain crisis under Joe Biden is going from bad to worse and that’s not even the most disturbing news: At this point there is simply nothing to stop the massive shortages that are coming. We’ve said for weeks now that there is no shortage of goods and commodities; American and foreign […]

(Natural News) A truck driver broke down all of the issues affecting America’s supply chains, saying that unless these factors are properly addressed the country’s supply chain crisis will not end. Ryan Johnson, a unionized truck driver affiliated with the Teamsters, wrote in a post on the blogging and online publication website Medium that all of the […]