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While Security Is Important, Fleets Also Worry About Costs
In spite of the abundance of high-tech ideas about how to improve security some fleet managers are showing a preference for simple theft-deterrent hardware, stepped-up training and better emergency response procedures to address threats.
March 12, 2004TT's Seth Clevenger and Mike Senatore unpack the trends, surprises and shake-ups that define this year's Top 100 for-hire carriers..
News Briefs - March 11
Yellow Roadway Raises 1Q Profit Forecast • Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 341,000 • Import Prices Rise for a Fifth Month • Transport Corp.'s Board Approves Stock Repurchase Plan • And more...
March 11, 2004Retail Sales Rise 0.6% in February
Retail sales rose 0.6% in February, the Commerce Department said Thursday, while January's sales were revised to a 0.2% gain from a 0.3% decline..
March 11, 2004Mineta: Transportation Services Index Shows Economy Will Improve
The Transportation Services Index rose about 1% in December to a reading of 118.5 in December, which Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta said Wednesday was a sign the economy would continue to improve.
March 11, 2004Highway Safety Administration to Regulate Stopping Distances
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it planned in April to issue its long-awaited stopping-distance rule for trucks, a regulation that could have major ramifications for trucking, especially if it necessitated significant design changes such as disc brakes, industry officials said.
March 11, 2004Stock Analysts Urge Buy on Trucking Shares
Stock analysts said they expected to recommend buying or holding trucking stocks longer than they normally do when the economy is expanding because a rare convergence of market forces could significantly improve motor carriers’ profit margins throughout this year, as long as they can avoid adding capacity..
March 11, 2004Security Briefs - March 4 - March 10
Study: Cargo Security Remains Vulnerable • U.S., Britain Focusing on Simultaneous Terror Threat
March 10, 2004Wholesale Inventories, Sales Rise in January
Inventories at U.S. wholesalers rose 0.1% to $295.8 billion in January after a revised 0.6% jump the month before, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
March 10, 2004Industry Waits for Guidance on Fingerprint Deadlines
With less than three weeks before the Transportation Security Administration’s extended deadline for states to begin background checks of truckers hauling hazardous materials, industry officials said the government had yet to release any information about the process.
March 10, 2004Fear of More Terrorist Attacks Spurs Host of Products to Foil Hijackers
While trucks have long been vulnerable to hijacking and, in fact, have been used as weapons, the need to keep any one of hundreds of thousands of trucks from being commandeered for a 9/11-style disaster has breathed new life into software products that expand the vision of security surveillance and monitoring.
March 10, 2004