Trucking Industry Safety News

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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

Technology, Safety

Preparing for FMCSA’s HOS Changes

In June, FMCSA published the Hours-of-Service Final Rule, making four key rule changes. With input from drivers, enforcement, and the industry, the regulatory changes aim to increase flexibility for fleets while maintaining highway safety. Join FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo and EROAD’s Soona Lee in a webinar that explains the new changes, how they will affect your fleet and the industry as a whole.

August 27, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

US Rolls Out Free App for Alerts on Vehicle Recalls

The U.S. government’s road safety agency is offering a smartphone app that will alert drivers if their vehicles are recalled.

August 27, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Experts Stress Teamwork in Response to Natural Disasters

As Hurricane Laura was bearing down on the Gulf Coast, disaster preparedness experts discussed how communication and partnerships between the transportation sector and emergency management agencies are vital components of effective responses to natural disasters.

August 27, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Climate Change Debate Adds to Busy Fall Congressional Agenda

By recently proposing to reduce emissions, invest in communities and add millions of new jobs, Senate Democrats intend to add climate change to the list of pertinent policy matters before Congress this fall.

August 27, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Laura Carves Destructive Path Through Louisiana

One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast on Aug. 27, shearing off roofs and killing at least four people, as Laura barreled across Louisiana and maintained ferocious strength while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland.

August 27, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Now a Category 4 Hurricane, Laura Could Bring ‘Unsurvivable’ Storm Surge

DELCAMBRE, La. — Laura strengthened Aug. 26 into a menacing Category 4 hurricane, raising fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be “unsurvivable†and capable of sinking entire communities. Authorities implored coastal residents of Texas and Louisiana to evacuate and worried that not enough had fled.

August 26, 2020
Government, Safety

DOT Announces Funding Availability for Rail Crossing Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation has made available $50 million in grant funding to commuter rail agencies that are conducting projects to improve safety at railway-highway crossings.

August 25, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Gasoline Rises to Five-Month High on US Gulf Hurricane Threat

Crude and gasoline futures both climbed to levels not seen since before the pandemic as Hurricane Laura rattled toward a key stretch of the U.S. Gulf Coast that is home to the nation’s greatest concentration of refining capacity.

August 25, 2020
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics, Top 100

Trimble Aims to Streamline Supply-Chain Collaboration

Trimble Transportation has set out to create a more seamless and transparent supply chain by enabling closer collaboration among carriers, shippers and third-party logistics providers.

August 25, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

11 More Indicted in Staged Accidents With Trucks in New Orleans

A federal grand jury in New Orleans has returned a second round of indictments in an ongoing investigation of individuals staging automobile accidents with tractor-trailers, charging 11 people on seven fraud counts in connection with two incidents from 2017.

August 25, 2020