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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.

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Technology Is Key in Fleets’ Response to Coronavirus Pandemic

Technology has shaped how trucking companies have navigated through the coronavirus pandemic while setting the resulting economic slowdown apart from past ones.

June 17, 2020
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Boeing Max Disasters Spur Senate Bid to Toughen New-Jet Rules

A Senate bill introduced June 16 calls for more government oversight of aircraft certification in reaction to a pair of Boeing Co. 737 Max crashes.

June 16, 2020
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Amazon Deploys Social Distancing Software at US Warehouses

Amazon.com Inc. is deploying software in its warehouses to automatically warn employees when they are too close to colleagues, the latest effort by the retailer to adjust its facilities to life with the coronavirus.

June 16, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Iowa Transportation Commission Approves Five-Year Plan

The Iowa Transportation Commission recently approved the state’s transportation improvement program.

June 16, 2020
BusinessSafetyPerspective

Perspective: Workers’ Comp in the COVID-19 Era

Trucking companies that were handling workers’ compensation claims before the coronavirus pandemic may find resolution of these claims stalled for reasons that have nothing to do with the worker’s injury, says Lori Ilgenfritz of Gallagher Bassett.

June 16, 2020
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DOT Launches AV TEST Initiative

The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched a program to increase transparency and inform members of the public about automated vehicle technologies.

June 15, 2020
BusinessSafetyFuel

Fears of Second Virus Wave Fizzle Oil Market

Oil fell again as a fresh coronavirus outbreak in China, and increases in cases elsewhere, spurred concerns that a second wave of the virus will derail a nascent economic recovery.

June 15, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Marijuana Accounts for Most Failed Drug Tests, Clearinghouse Report Shows

More than 10,000 positive drug tests for marijuana were reported to the federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse through the end of May this year, distinguishing pot by far as the banned drug of choice for truck drivers failing tests, according to new numbers released in a Clearinghouse report June 11.

June 12, 2020
GovernmentTechnologySafety

DOT Issues $3 Million for State, Local Safety Tools

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently issued $3.3 million to state, local and tribal government groups to support tools that are meant to improve roadway safety.

June 12, 2020
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Mnuchin Says US Can’t Shut Economy Even if Virus Resurges

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. shouldn’t shut down the economy again even if there is another surge in coronavirus cases.

June 11, 2020