CARES bill

The COVID-19 pandemic has scrambled America's freight landscape, causing supply chain disruptions as well as increased demand for medical and consumer goods that are scarce. In a race against time, many shippers are relying on the air freight industry to get critical goods to their destinations....

The opportunity to borrow federal money that may convert to a grant is enticing for small trucking companies, but some would rather see it go to those that most need it. "At the present time, it's not something we absolutely need to get by," Jimmy Nevarez, owner of Angus Transportation Inc., told...

Small trucking companies and other businesses in danger of permanently closing their doors as a result of COVID-19 can apply for immediate relief under the stimulus package expected to be approved tomorrow. After the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed the...