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, Technology, Safety

House Transportation Policymakers Recommend Additional Pipeline Security

The leaders of the transportation committee in the U.S. House of Representatives pressed federal agencies to continue their robust response and review of cybersecurity operations months after a cyberattack disrupted a major petroleum pipeline.

December 2, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics, TCA

Teen Truck Drivers Seen as Way to Alleviate Shortage

Dezjion Henson has wanted to be a truck driver his whole life. When he turned 18 last year, he jumped at the chance and signed on as an apprentice with Total Transportation of Mississippi in Richland.

December 2, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

France to Exempt Truck Drivers From COVID Tests to Cross Borders

France will exempt truck drivers from the latest requirement requiring a COVID-19 test to enter the country in order to avoid long lines of trucks like the ones seen late last year in Kent in the United Kingdom.

December 2, 2021
Business, Technology, Safety

Myth vs. Reality about Video-Based Safety

Leading trucking fleets are adding on-board video-based performance improvement platforms to their safety programs to get the answers they need.

December 1, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

FMCSA Extends HOS Waiver Through February Amid COVID-19 Concerns

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration extended regulatory waivers related to truckers’ allowable work time, citing public health concerns.

December 1, 2021
Government, Technology, Safety, Fuel

Texas Regulator Closes Draft Gas-Winterization Loophole

Texas’s top oil and gas regulator voted Nov. 30 to more clearly define who will be at the top of the list to keep receiving electricity during severe winter weather.

December 1, 2021
Business, Safety

Florida Trucking Association, FleetForce Join on Training Program

Florida Trucking Association and FleetForce Truck Driving School on Nov. 29 announced a joint initiative to put more truck drivers on the road.

November 30, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Washington State Sees More Flooding as Next Storm Approaches

Localized flooding in Washington state from another in a series of rainstorms doesn’t appear to be as severe as an extreme weather flooding event earlier in the month.

November 30, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

South Dakota Freight Project Awarded $22M USDOT Grant

The South Dakota Department of Transportation was recently awarded a federal grant for a corridor essential to the region’s flow of freight, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced.

November 30, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Canada Sees Timber Shipments Slump on British Columbia Floods

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., one of Canada’s largest lumber producers, said shipments plunged about 25% to 30% in the second half of the month following severe flooding in British Columbia.

November 30, 2021