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.

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Shippers Nudge Carriers, Brokers to Offer Expanded Service Menu

Shippers are asking carriers and logistics companies to handle their entire books of freight, with truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal and parcel deliveries in the mix, transportation software makers said.

November 10, 2014
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Fleets Say Insurance Standards Make Hiring New Drivers Hard

Truck-driver training schools are the obvious place for fleets to look for new drivers, but the recruiting challenge for small trucking companies is being made more difficult by underwriter standards, insurance and fleet executives said.

November 10, 2014
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Election Results in States Highlight Funding Woes

Those sifting last week’s state election results for clues about the future of transportation issues may find more contradictions than answers.

November 10, 2014
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Intermodal Rail Traffic Rises to Record Level in October

Intermodal rail volume for October rose 4.9% to the highest level on record compared with the same time last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.

November 7, 2014
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Election 2014 Live Blog: GOP Controls Senate; West Virginia's Rahall Loses

Look back at election results as they happened Tuesday night in our live blog, with a focus on Senate and House races that mattered most in the world of transportation.

November 4, 2014
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Senior Drivers Staying Behind the Wheel

Truckers such as Bill Compton, Tom Camp, Henry Bates and Al Weddle have more in common than their love of the road.

November 3, 2014
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Doctors: Keep Drivers Off Road If Using Certain Prescriptions

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Doctors who advise federal regulators said last week that truck drivers should be kept off the road if they’re taking prescribed drugs such as OxyContin and Percodan, but they declined to recommend changes because current rules allow drivers legal use of the drugs.

November 3, 2014
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Fewer Americans Filed for Jobless Benefits in Last Four Weeks

Fewer Americans filed applications for unemployment benefits over the past month than at any time in more than 14 years, a sign the strengthening U.S. economy is buoying the labor market.

October 30, 2014
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Tonnage Holds at Record

Truck tonnage in September held at an all-time high, rising 3.7% from a year earlier and capping the highest quarter on record, American Trucking Associations reported.

October 27, 2014
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ArcBest CEO McReynolds Named ATRI Chairwoman

Judy McReynolds, CEO of ArcBest Corp., has been chosen the new chairwoman of the American Transportation Research Institute.

October 27, 2014