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, Government, Logistics, Autonomous

PenserSC, ICS Logistics Sign Transportation Contract

Third-party logistics firms PenserSC and ICS Logistics said they have agreed to a trucking and transportation services contract.

June 10, 2011
Business, Safety

May Intermodal Traffic Rises 7.5%

Intermodal traffic in May rose 7.5% in May from a year ago, the 18th straight year-over-year gain, the Association of American Railroads said.

June 10, 2011
Perspective, Business, Government, Safety

Opinion: Across the Great ELD Divide

Large and small carriers increasingly find themselves on opposite sides of a widening gulf when the topic is electronic logging devices — particularly when the issue is whether or not ELDs should be required by government mandate.

June 10, 2011
Business, Safety

ATA, OOIDA Call on NHTSA to Examine Truck Crashworthiness Standards

American Trucking Associations and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have together written to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asking the agency to begin researching how standards for crashworthiness for heavy trucks could benefit professional truck drivers.

June 9, 2011
Business, Safety, Government, Autonomous

TTNews.com to Be Closed Monday for Memorial Day

Transport Topics Online will be closed Monday for the Memorial Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, May 31, for the latest trucking and freight transportation news.

May 27, 2011
Business, Government, Safety

Capacity Tight, Demand Strong as Summer Looms, Experts Say

Freight capacity remains generally tight and demand strong ahead of the summer shipping season, ac-ording to several carrier executives and analysts.

May 23, 2011
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics

Freight Results Still Mixed, Executive Says

Although the U.S. economy continues to improve, there remains a spottiness within the freight-hauling sector, a logistics executive said.

May 23, 2011
Business, Safety, Autonomous

Wickham Receives Earl Dove Award; ATA Cites Vision, Leadership of ATRI

American Trucking Associations paid tribute on May 15 to longtime trucking executive Michael Wickham with its highest award.

May 23, 2011
Government, Business, Safety, Equipment, Autonomous

Truck Tolls Will Increase to $4 Per Axle on Bridges Between Pennsylvania and N.J.

Truckers crossing the northern Delaware River between New Jersey and Pennsylvania on any of seven tolled bridges could pay as much as 75 cents more per axle as of July 1.

May 23, 2011
Government, Business, Safety

New Study Supports Boston Hazmat Ban

A new study has concluded that Boston should ban the transport of nearly all nonradioactive hazardous materials through the downtown and North End areas to protect the public.

May 20, 2011