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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

Video: Meet Trucking's Frontline Heroes for 2021

Meet truckers Cully Frisard and Gene Woolsey, Transport Topics' Trucking's Frontline Heroes for 2021. 

October 26, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

IG Audit: FMCSA Systems Vulnerable to Hacking, Malware

A new Department of Transportation Inspector General audit concludes that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s information technology infrastructure is fraught with security weaknesses that are at risk for compromise by hackers and the placement of malware.

October 26, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Ports of L.A., Long Beach to Fine Firms Over Container Backlog

In an effort to clear the growing backlog of containers, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are charging shippers a container storage surcharge that port officials say will increase based on the number of days a unit sits in one of the facilities.

October 26, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Biden Says ‘Sledgehammer’ Bridge Shows Need for Infrastructure Funding

President Joe Biden argued for his economic agenda in New Jersey on Oct. 25, pointing to a train bridge in the state that sometimes can’t be closed without the help of sledgehammers as a sign of decaying U.S. infrastructure.

October 25, 2021
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

ATA Celebrates Range of Trucking Leaders

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — American Trucking Associations presented its Driver of the Year Award and introduced the newest graduates of its professional leadership program Oct. 24 during its Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 25, 2021
Business, Safety

Florida's Ryan Walpole Named ATA Dameo Award Winner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ryan Walpole, vice president of the Florida Trucking Association, was recognized with American Trucking Associations’ 2021 Dameo Award.

October 25, 2021
Business, Safety

Mudslides Close California Highways After Record Rain

Sacramento, Calif., had its rainiest day in history and downpours made the record books in San Francisco as a powerful Pacific storm ripped across the West, spilling rocks onto highways, toppling trees and leaving thousands without power.

October 25, 2021
Equipment, Safety

Inspectors Park More Than 5,600 CMVs During Brake Safety Week

Commercial motor vehicle inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 35,764 inspections during Brake Safety Week, placing 12% of the vehicles inspected out of service due to critical brake-related conditions.

October 25, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous

NTSB Wants Tesla to Limit Where Autopilot Can Operate

DETROIT — The head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling on Tesla to act on recommendations to limit where its Autopilot driver-assist system can operate and to put a system in place to make sure drivers are paying attention.

October 25, 2021
Business, Technology, Safety

Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas in Rental Market Shake-Up

Hertz Global Holdings Inc., barely four months out of bankruptcy, placed an order for 100,000 Teslas in the first step of an ambitious plan to electrify its rental-car fleet, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

October 25, 2021