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.

Business, Safety, Fuel

Oil Refineries in Texas Grapple With COVID-19 Outbreaks

Oil refineries aren’t being spared as COVID-19 sweeps through Texas, which is setting records for new infections and hospitalizations in the U.S. almost daily.

July 10, 2020
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics

Consumer Brands Spearheads Contactless Delivery Task Force

A task force was launched to develop standards for reducing human contact when moving freight from Class 8 vehicles to last-mile drop-offs.

July 9, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Driver’s Untreated Sleep Apnea Contributed to 2018 Fatal Crash, NTSB Says

A National Transportation Safety Board investigation concluded that lack of a “robust medical certification evaluation process†on the federal level to identify and treat commercial drivers at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea was one of three safety issues that contributed to a fatal, multivehicle heavy truck-involved crash in 2018.

July 9, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Transportation Funding Bill Would Increase FMCSA Budget

FMCSA would receive $881 million for operations during the next fiscal year under legislation a House panel approved July 8.

July 8, 2020
Business, Safety

Boeing Has Settled Almost All Lion Air Crash-Death Claims

Boeing Co. said it settled 90% of the wrongful death claims filed in a U.S. court over the 2018 crash of a 737 Max jet operated by Lion Air.

July 8, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

How America Is Thanking Truckers During the Coronavirus Crisis

As America grapples with the coronavirus and daily life is altered, the nation's truck drivers are among those who are risking their personal health and doing the hard work to keep products moving. And their effort is being recognized. Here are some examples.

July 8, 2020
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Biden Promises to Bolster US Medical Equipment Supply Chain

Joe Biden is promising to shift production of medical equipment and other key pandemic-fighting products “back to U.S. soil,†creating jobs and bolstering a domestic supply chain he says has been exposed as inadequate and vulnerable by the coronavirus outbreak.

July 7, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

I-440 Project in Nashville Wraps Ahead of Schedule

A major Interstate 440 reconstruction project has been completed ahead of schedule, Tennessee government officials recently announced.

July 7, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Fleets Push Forward With Tech Investment Despite Pandemic, Economic Uncertainty

Despite facing business challenges and economic uncertainty, some trucking companies have continued to move forward with technology investments during the COVID-19 outbreak.

July 6, 2020
Government, Business, Safety

Louisiana Passes Legislation Aimed at Significant Tort Reform

Louisiana lawmakers have passed legislation aimed at helping the state’s truckers fight off excessive jury verdicts in court.

July 2, 2020