{"id":184,"date":"2020-04-22T16:45:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polaristransport.com\/portal\/?p=184"},"modified":"2021-07-12T16:46:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:46:51","slug":"how-the-trucking-industry-deals-with-covid-19-article-by-dave-cox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polaristransport.com\/portal\/2020\/04\/22\/how-the-trucking-industry-deals-with-covid-19-article-by-dave-cox\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Trucking Industry Deals with COVID-19 &#8211; Article by Dave Cox"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fortunately, trade continues to flow despite the economies of both countries, not to mention the rest of the world.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In mid-March, the Canada-U.S. border was closed to all non-essential travel as both countries took measures to try and stem the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This border is not only the longest land border in the world, but is also essential, as Canada and the United States are each other\u2019s major trading partners. Indeed, some $2.7 billion in goods and services crosses that border every day, and any glitch at the border would have huge repercussions in the supply chain for the food and beverage industry, not to mention the supply chains of other industries.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, trade continues to flow despite the economies of both countries, not to mention the rest of the world. But, so far there\u2019s not been a significant dip or notable change in the volume of traffic and goods being carried by those trucks moving across the border. Goods being moved by truck could very well be the best way to go in an emergency like this, but that doesn\u2019t mean companies shouldn\u2019t be diligent about adapting to present realities.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an outline of steps companies can take to combat the COVID-19 crisis and adapt to the \u201cNew Normal.\u201d\u2026 Read the full article in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/supplydemandchainfoodlogistics\/docs\/flog0420\/30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Logistics Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortunately, trade continues to flow despite the economies of both countries, not to mention the rest of the world. &nbsp; In mid-March, the Canada-U.S. border was closed to all non-essential travel as both countries took measures to try and stem the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This border is not only the longest land &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polaristransport.com\/portal\/2020\/04\/22\/how-the-trucking-industry-deals-with-covid-19-article-by-dave-cox\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How the Trucking Industry Deals with COVID-19 &#8211; Article by Dave Cox&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How the Trucking Industry Deals with COVID-19 - Article by Dave Cox - Polaris Transportation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/polaristransport.com\/portal\/2020\/04\/22\/how-the-trucking-industry-deals-with-covid-19-article-by-dave-cox\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How the Trucking Industry Deals with COVID-19 - Article by Dave Cox - Polaris Transportation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fortunately, trade continues to flow despite the economies of both countries, not to mention the rest of the world. &nbsp; In mid-March, the Canada-U.S. border was closed to all non-essential travel as both countries took measures to try and stem the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 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