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.

Government, Business, Safety

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka: Trump Inactive on Infrastructure

President Donald Trump’s inaction on a long-term infrastructure plan has been detrimental to the country’s labor force, a key national union labor leader recently said on Fox News Sunday.

September 4, 2018
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Truckers to Call for More Safety Measures on Alaska’s Dalton Highway

Representatives of the Alaskan trucking community plan to call for improved maintenance efforts along Dalton Highway, a harrowing route in the northeastern part of the state that became the site of a driver’s fatal crash Aug. 24.

September 4, 2018
Business, Safety, TCA

Truck Driver Shortage Constrains Booming Texas Oil Fields

In the busy oil fields south of San Antonio, some big rig trucks sit empty.

August 31, 2018
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

DOJ, Trailer Manufacturers Argue Over Regulations

Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice and trailer manufacturers are sparring in court over just how much information the government should provide in a lawsuit about whether truck trailers should for the first time be subject to federal emissions requirements.

August 30, 2018
Government, Safety

AASHTO Announces 12 America’s Transportation Awards Finalists

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has revealed which 12 transportation projects have entered the final phase of the America’s Transportation Awards competition.

August 30, 2018
Government, Business, Safety

Mid-America States Receive AASHTO Transportation Awards

Five Midwestern states recently earned awards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for outstanding transportation projects.

August 30, 2018
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

Aperia Offers Chrome Wheel Cover Option

Aperia Technologies Inc., a supplier of tire-inflation technologies for commercial vehicle tractors and trailers, announced the release of a new chrome cover for the Halo Tire Inflator.

August 30, 2018
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Drowning in Dirty Water, Permian Seeks $22 Billion Lifeline

In the dry, dusty plains of West Texas, home to America’s most prolific oil play, the problem isn’t too little water, it’s too much of it.

August 30, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

FMCSA Making Progress as It Evaluates Possible CSA Changes, but Concerns Linger

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials held their first public meeting Aug. 30 to drill down on portions of their action plan to evaluate possible sweeping future changes to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s Safety Measurement System used to identify motor carriers at high risk for future crashes.

August 29, 2018
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel, TCA

Pioneering Tanker Driver's Passing Mourned by Alaska Trucking Community

Joy Wiebe, a Dalton Highway veteran said to be the only woman driving fuel tankers to Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay oil fields, died in a rollover crash early on Aug. 24.

August 29, 2018