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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Pacer’s 3Q Profit Falls

Transportation and third-party logistics firm Pacer International said its third-quarter profit fell to $600,000, or 2 cents per share, compared with $20.8 million, or 59 cents, a year earlier.

November 4, 2009
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Navistar Acquires Engine Parts Business

Navistar Inc. said that it has acquired certain assets of Continental Diesel Systems US.

November 3, 2009
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Georgia Shifting Stance On Public-Private Partnerships

The Georgia Department of Transportation has stopped taking unsolicited proposals for public-private partnerships to finance road and tolling projects.

November 2, 2009
GovernmentBusinessSafety

TWIC Running Smoothly at U.S. Ports Despite Initial Glitches, Officials Say

After several initial delays and glitches, freight hauling and government officials say the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program is moving along smoothly at U.S. ports, and they project additional security measures could be incorporated in coming years.

November 2, 2009
BusinessSafetyGovernment

ISM Manufacturing Index Improves in October

An index of U.S. manufacturing activity improved in October, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.

November 2, 2009
GovernmentBusinessSafety

DOT to Rewrite HOS Rule After Groups Suspend Suit

The Department of Transportation last week said it will withdraw its controversial driver hours-of-service rule and write new regulations as part of a deal in which a coalition of advocacy groups agreed to suspend its federal lawsuit challenging the rule.

November 2, 2009
EditorialBusinessGovernmentSafety

Abandoning the HOS Solution

For the past three years under federal hours-of-service regulations, fatal crashes involving heavy trucks have declined, last year reaching the lowest level since the U.S. Department of Transportation began keeping the records.

November 2, 2009
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Senate Panel OKs Nomination of Ferro to Lead FMCSA

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee last week approved Anne Ferro to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

November 2, 2009
BusinessFuelSafetyGovernment

Cap-and-Trade Would Be Costly for Trucking, ATA Official Windsor Warns at Hearing

WASHINGTON — A cap-and-trade climate bill would dramatically increase the cost of diesel fuel by as much as 88 cents a gallon, an American Trucking Associations official told a Senate committee last week.

November 2, 2009
GovernmentBusinessSafety

DOT to Rewrite HOS Rule After Groups Suspend Suit

The Department of Transportation last week said it will withdraw its controversial driver hours-of-service rule and write new regulations as part of a deal in which a coalition of advocacy groups agreed to suspend its federal lawsuit challenging the rule.

November 2, 2009