COVID-19 is about to put the global trading system through its most dramatic stress test since World War II, with supply lines for essential food and medical goods entering a critical phase as the pandemic peaks in the U.S. and Europe.

The coronavirus is set to further damage trade in the coming months, threatening supply chains and causing oil inventories to swell, according to the head of Europe’s largest port, Rotterdam.

Trucking companies are diligently working with the federal government in an effort to defeat the coronavirus.

Schedules vary, but efforts to restart truck plants are stirring again as the second half of April begins.

Amazon .com Inc. threatened to stop activity at its fulfillment centers in France after a court order banned the sale of non-essential goods, concluding the retailer isn’t doing enough to protect staff from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Automakers are anxious to get their assembly lines rolling again, especially since leaving factories idle is costing them billions of dollars by the week.

Amazon.com was handed a French ban on sales of nonessential items after losing the first round of a court fight with labor unions that said the company wasn’t doing enough to protect staff from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Additional funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to pursue port maintenance projects was approved in the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus package that recently was signed into law.

Regency Transportation & Distribution has acquired the assets of S&M Transport of Edison, N.J., the company announced April 13.

Amazon .com Inc. will slowly increase the assortment of products that can be shipped to its warehouses this week, easing restrictions instituted in March that prioritized essential goods such as medical supplies, groceries and pet food amid the pandemic.