As search-and-rescue efforts continue in areas decimated by Hurricane Ian, nonprofit trucking and logistics companies are stepping up to help those hardest hit by the Category 4 storm.
Semi-retired truck driver David Otte of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, said he felt called to help Ian survivors after receiving a message on Mudflap, a discount fuel app for owner-operators.
Once his trailer is full, David Otte of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, will deliver the relief supplies to Hurricane Ian survivors...
A nonprofit trucking group is partnering with a volunteer-run disaster-relief organization to collect and eventually deliver critical supplies as Hurricane Ian intensified into a Category 4 system and is expected to pound Florida’s southwest coast late Wednesday morning.
Shelli Conaway-Waugh, of Lexington, Kentucky, a 30-year trucking veteran, runs a nonprofit group called Trucks with Room to Spare. She works with several relief organizations, including CN Supply, along with her network of...
The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: The Log Book focuses on two nonprofit groups working together to collect and transport critical supplies to Hurricane Ida survivors.
A nonprofit trucking organization and a humanitarian aid group will be collecting relief supplies in the nation’s capital on Sunday to help those hardest hit by Hurricane Ida in southwest Louisiana.
Trucks With Room to Spare and CN Supply are hosting the #A...
Long-haul trucker Shelli Conaway has logged over 3 million miles in her nearly 30-year trucking career and also coordinates disaster relief efforts from the cab of her truck.
Conaway of Lexington, Kentucky, runs a nonprofit group called Trucks with Room to Spare. Her group delivers critical supplies, including tarps, food and ice, to those hardest hit by natural disasters in the U.S.
Right now, she is coordinating relief efforts to survivors of the wildfires that have devastated communities...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced food companies, along with trucking and relief groups, to pivot to how they normally respond to natural disasters like Hurricane Laura.
Tyson Foods (NYSE:TNS) is providing more than 1 million meals, as well as ice and other supplies, to areas hardest hit by the hurricane.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tyson Foods would utilize its specialty-outfitted 53-foot trailer that includes cooking supplies, charcoal, grills, tents and utensils to set up a remote cooking...
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Truck drivers, along with search and rescue groups and humanitarian relief organizations, are once again answering the call to deliver critical medical supplies, food and other essentials after Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast early Thursday, killing six people in Louisiana.
Shelli Conaway-Waugh of Lexington, Kentucky, a 28-year trucking veteran, runs a nonprofit group called Trucks with Room to Spare. She was already coordinating relief efforts Thursday morning with her network of...
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