Dick Rankins, the owner of Alaska-based Sleipner Transport, said the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Americans going through Canada has already had a big impact on his business.
Since Jan. 15, when it went into effect, he estimates he’s lost 80% of his drivers. This past weekend, he said, he couldn’t find a driver to pick up a load from the Lower 48 to haul up to Alaska.
His company, headquartered in Eagle River, specializes in hauling fresh produce up the Alcan Highway through Canada to stock Alaska shelves. The freight from that load still made it to Alaska, said Rankins, but at a significantly higher price since it was shipped on an airplane instead of overland.
Alaska trucking companies say their employees are quitting over Canada’s COVID vaccine mandate - Alaska Public Media
ALASKA TRUCK DRIVERS QUITTING IN MASSES OVER VAX MANDATE FORCING PRODUCT TO BE FLOWN IN VS ON TRUCK
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"And the band played on",,, I'm not too worried about an Alaskan carrier, but it could trigger something here. Just gets worse and worse, don't it?
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