16 Mar FHWA Issues Emergency Relief Funds to Kentucky, Alabama The Federal Highway Administration is awarding Kentucky and Alabama funding to repair infrastructure that has been damaged by floods. Read more...
16 Mar Some Fiat Chrysler Workers Walk Out Over COVID-19 Fears Seventeen Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV employees in the Warren Truck Assembly Plant’s paint shop stopped working over concerns about the novel coronavirus pandemic, though production continues, the automaker confirmed March 16. Read more...
16 Mar Crossword Puzzle Solution for March 16, 2020 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the March 16, 2020 print edition. Read more...
16 Mar Coronavirus Prompts Some State Groups to Postpone Truck Driving Championships As they evaluate the implications of the coronavirus, some state trucking associations have adjusted the schedules of their truck driving championships. Read more...
16 Mar House Republicans Explore Aid for Airports, Loans to Airlines House Republicans say they are exploring a range of proposals — from loans to grants for cleaning airports — to help the aviation industry staggering under the weight of the coronavirus outbreak. Read more...
16 Mar House Transportation Leader Urges Trump to Work With Congress President Donald Trump invokes the Stafford Act, which allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate a national response to the coronavirus pandemic. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
16 Mar Alaska’s First COVID-19 Patient Is a Cargo Plane Pilot A cargo pilot who arrived at Anchorage’s international airport on March 11 went to a hotel before he became ill, an airport official said March 13. Read more...
16 Mar Oil Slumps to Lowest Since 2016 as Demand Collapse Triggers Rout Oil’s spectacular collapse deepened as widening global efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus looked set to trigger the most severe contraction in annual oil demand in history. Read more...
16 Mar Amazon Glitch Stymies Whole Foods, Grocery Deliveries Amazon.com Inc. suffered a technical glitch March 15 that affected online grocery orders through its Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh delivery services, which have become lifelines for household essentials for people looking to avoid stores due to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more...
16 Mar VW Faces Production Snarls as Virus Pandemic Hits Car Factories Volkswagen AG’s sprawling operations in Europe are starting to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, as the German carmaker joined peers such as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV in winding down output at some of its factories. Read more...