Hurricane relief pressure-tests the ‘new normal’ supply chain

Historically, hurricane season presents abundant and often lucrative freight-hauling opportunities. For weeks or months after a storm passes, affected cities need rebuilding materials, temporary housing units, nonperishable foods, water and generators. Trucking companies and owner-operators can bid on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) contracts as early as a week or two before a hurricane makes landfall. 

But COVID-19’s supply chain disruptions, like restaurant and meat plant closures,...

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