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.

GovernmentSafety

FMCSA Releases New Medical Examiner’s Handbook

More than eight years in the making, federal trucking regulators have finally approved a new — albeit scaled down — version of the 2024 Medical Examiner’s Handbook.

February 7, 2024
GovernmentEquipmentSafety

EPA Tightens Standards for Soot From Tailpipes, Smokestacks

The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from industrial sources could prevent thousands of deaths a year.

February 7, 2024
BusinessSafetyLogisticsTCA

San Clemente Landslide Forces San Diego Rail to Halt Again

Freight trains to and from the Port of San Diego were suspended again the night of Feb. 6 by a slow-moving landslide that threatens the tracks at San Clemente, Calif.

February 7, 2024
BusinessSafetyLogistics

STB Modifies Performance Requirements for Class I Railroads

Changes are being made in a nearly 2-year-old federal government requirement regarding performance levels at four Class I freight railroads.

February 6, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Congress Passes Bill to Protect Moving Privacy

Legislation designed to protect people’s personal information during a move was recently cleared by Congress for President Joe Biden’s signature.

February 5, 2024
GovernmentSafetyLogisticsTCA

Railroads Challenging New Ohio Minimum Staffing Law

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge could soon rule on an industry challenge of a state railroad safety law passed in the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment in 2023.

February 5, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA to Delay Heavy Truck Speed Limiters Proposal Until May

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is delaying until May a controversial proposal to require speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks, according to a regulatory update.

February 5, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsTCA

San Diego Freight Trains Keep Running Despite Landslide Risk

Freight trains, unlike passenger trains, have resumed running across the tracks beneath a San Clemente, Calif., landslide that continues to threaten San Diego County’s only rail link with the rest of the United States.

February 5, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel

Red Sea Danger Spurring Global Oil Buyers to Go Local

The global oil market is looking increasingly local as militant attacks in the Red Sea and surging freight rates make supplies from closer to home more attractive.

February 5, 2024
BusinessTechnologySafetyFuelFor-Hire

Fleets, Suppliers Work to Curb Fuel Card Skimming

Fuel card skimming is proving to be the most challenging and expensive fraud that carriers are facing.

February 5, 2024