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Open Letter from Omnitracs CEO: You Are Our Safety Net

Ray Greer
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There is no modern precedent for the COVID-19 public health crisis our community now faces. Even as the United States government enacts the single largest economic stimulus package in our history, businesses and individuals alike are bracing for the increasingly uncertain future...

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How golf can prepare truckers for anything

Michael Poiter

Hopefully, that title drew you in. You may also be thinking, “Golf and truckers? No way — that’s too much of a stretch!” Well, it might be, but I’m...

Stress Awareness Month 2020: 5 ways truck drivers can manage COVID-19 stress

Omnitracs

Stress, as most of us know the term today, was actually coined by renowned Hungarian scientist Hans Selye just 50 years ago. Selye incorporated the...

Earth Day 2020: A closer look at the trucking industry and the environment

Rula Ifteiha

“The earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry Today is Earth Day, and the 2020 commemoration stands at a particularly significant...

How the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act could help your small business

John Hofmann

Update: On Thursday, April 23, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a new coronavirus relief bill that will push over $320 billion toward the...

The special relationship between businesses and freight in the era of COVID-19

Omnitracs

With nearly 2.2 million COVID-19 cases around the globe as of April 16, the world has — in a multitude of ways — shut down. Students are practicing...

World Health Day: Celebrating Those on the Front Lines

Omnitracs

In 1950, the World Health Organization (WHO), decided to celebrate April 7 of each year as World Health Day. This occasion not only celebrates the...

Transport Canada issues federal guidance to protect commercial drivers from COVID-19

Grant Fraser

On April 1, Transport Canada, the department within the government of Canada responsible for developing trucking regulations, announced that they...

When the world shuts down, trucks keep moving

Omnitracs

The past few weeks have been the most tumultuous North America — and a good chunk of the world — has seen in quite some time. The COVID-19 pandemic...

Canada issues Hours of Service exemption for COVID-19 relief

Michael Ahart

On Tuesday, March 24, Transport Canada — the department within the Government of Canada responsible for developing and issuing regulations and...

Your top questions on COVID-19 answered

Omnitracs

COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by novel coronavirus (otherwise knowns as SARS-CoV-2), was first spotted at an outbreak in Wuhan, China. The...

Trucking and COVID-19: 5 ways to stay smart, safe, and sanitary

Omnitracs

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronaviruses (CoV) are a family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to...

Omnitracs and the potential impact of the COVID-19 virus

Ray Greer

I am writing to share how Omnitracs has prepared for, and is responding to, the potential impact of the COVID-19 virus. Omnitracs solutions are...