The Daily: October 30, 2021
The Daily aggregation of articles regarding the transportation logistics, trucking, and supply chain industries for October 30, 2021 from iLevel Logistics Inc.
“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.”
— Arianna Huffington, president of The Huffington Post Media Group
Today’s Featured Article:
Union Pacific steps up efforts to ease West Coast port congestion | Supply Chain Dive
“Union Pacific ramped up efforts to alleviate congestion at the Port of Long Beach, announcing this week it's rolling out new incentives for weekend container drop-offs and adding capacity as needed to support the West Coast port's move to encourage shippers to move cargo via rail instead of truck.”
“Safety” Featured Article:
Can truckers refuse to haul in bad weather? | Overdrive (overdriveonline.com)
“If it would be legitimately unsafe to operate, the short answer to the question in the headline here is "yes," as detailed in this adaptation of an installment in Overdrive's "Trucking Law" series. In it, attorney Paul Taylor of the Truckers Justice Center details just what protections the Surface Transportation Assistance Act offers any employee driver who refuses to drive when conditions would make it unsafe.”
West coast ports announce fourth attempt to clear container backlog (dcvelocity.com)
Hasbro hit by supply chain woes as $100M in orders go unfilled | Supply Chain Dive
Marten Transport confirms it was hacked | Commercial Carrier Journal (ccjdigital.com)
Scenes from ATA's 2021 Management Conference [Photos] - Fleet Management - Trucking Info - Page 1
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