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Can Global Shipping Be Fixed? One Regulator Will Try.

Daniel B. Maffei is at once a crucial player in the campaign to subdue inflation, and a figure virtually unknown outside the confines of...

For Truck Drivers Across the U.S., Major Change Is Approaching Fast

The Petro Travel Center on Interstate 10 in Ontario, Calif., is one of scores across the country. At the front of the building are...

Truck Drivers’ On-the-Job Training Can Be Costly if They Quit

Once they have earned the license, drivers haul actual loads for their new employers. For typically four to 12 weeks, they are accompanied by...

In Ottawa Trucker Protests, a Pressing Question: Where Were the Police?

OTTAWA — Steps from Canada’s Parliament buildings, a sprawling festival erupted on Saturday. D.J.s played music for crowds dancing at intersections, singers belted out...

How The Trucker Protests Are Snarling the Auto Industry

“What people seem to not understand is that when that truck isn’t moving, they make no money,” Ms. Walker said, noting that drivers with...

Ottawa Protesters Turn a Quiet Capital Upside Down

OTTAWA — Canada’s most important — and most notoriously boring — city has found itself stuck in a never-ending tailgate party.Giant trucks scatter the...

The Real Reason America Doesn’t Have Enough Truck Drivers

Every truck stop is like a shrine seeking to ward off the demons of fatigue. Refrigerated display cabinets are stocked with supercaffeinated energy drinks...

Ottawa Protests Become Rallying Cry for Far-Right and Anti-Vaccine Groups

Both were references to Mr. Trudeau’s dismissal of the protesters last week as a “small fringe minority.”On Monday, Justice Hugh McLean of the Ontario...

Ottawa Mayor Declares State of Emergency Amid Antigovernment Protests

One day after the police chief in Canada’s capital said his city was under “siege” by thousands of truckers and other protesters angry over...

Warehouse Space Is the Latest Thing Being Hoarded

As retailers and logistics companies try to stockpile goods to hedge against supply chain problems, they are facing a new challenge: In many parts...

Supply Chain Snarls for Cars on Display at a Kansas Terminal

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Just after 5:30 on a chilly November morning, David Heide arrives at the shipping terminal on the industrial fringes of...

U.K. Trucking Shortage Endures Despite Plea for Foreign Drivers

In the weeks since the British government announced that it would offer 5,000 temporary visas to truck drivers from continental Europe, part of a...

Crunch at Ports May Mean Crisis for Family Farms

It’s just 60 miles from El Dorado Dairy in Ontario, Calif., to the nation’s largest container port in Los Angeles. But the farm is...

The Biggest Kink in America’s Supply Chain: Not Enough Truckers

The directors of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said that, at least initially, few additional truckers were showing up to take...

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