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

PGT Trucking Expands Operations, Expects to Create Jobs

Pennsylvania-based flatbed transportation company PGT Trucking will expand operations, creating 25 jobs in the process.

June 27, 2019
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Philadelphia Refinery Wrecked by Fire Set to Close

The biggest refinery on the East Coast will shut down, after a massive explosion and fire crippled operations at a site that has helped fuel the region for 153 years.

June 26, 2019
Government, Safety

Fiscal 2020 Transportation Funding Bill Advances in US House

Funding for highway safety programs and grants for infrastructure projects nationwide advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 25.

June 26, 2019
Government, Safety

Federal Drug Officials Weigh Whether to Add Testing for Fentanyl

For the second time in about four years, Congress has asked drug agencies if federal workers, including truck drivers, should be tested for fentanyl, which is used legally for pain and illegally for its high.

June 26, 2019
Business, Safety

Formerly of Alaska, Becky Nelson Scorches Record Florida Field to Win Grand Champion Title

This years Florida Truck Driving Championships welcomed a record 279 competitors. Grand Champion Rebecca Becky Nelson of FedEx Express outdrove them all.

June 26, 2019
Business, Safety

Rookie Competitor Eric Stein Had All the Ingredients to Win Nebraska's Grand Champion Title

In his first year of competing, Eric Stein dominated the field at the Nebraska Truck Driving Championships, winning the Rookie of the Year Award, the 3-Axle division, the Grand Champion Award and the Professional Excellence Award for the highest score on the written test.

June 26, 2019
Business, Safety

Cargo Theft Cases Rise in 1Q

During the first quarter of this year, cargo thefts in the United States rose 25% to 144 reported incidents, with the average loss for each occurrence rising 1% to $116,717, according to a report from the SensiGuard Supply Chain Intelligence Center.

June 26, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Worklete Continues Expansion Into Trucking Industry Safety Training

A software company that specializes in training people to adopt safer work habits is expanding its executive ranks as it targets reducing on-the-job mishaps that can cause serious injuries and potentially increase motor carriers insurance rates.

June 26, 2019
Business, Safety

Practice, and Pierogis, Propel Lesniowski to New Jersey Grand Champion Title

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. The Garden States trucking world has a new Grand Champion in Artur Lesniowski.

June 26, 2019
Government, Business, Safety

As Marijuana-Use Laws Spread, Drug Still Illegal for Truck Drivers

Last month, drug-testing firm Quest Diagnostics scientist Barry Sample had a serious warning for U.S. employers: Be on the lookout for marijuana use by your workers. Its on the rise.

June 25, 2019