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, Safety

Drayage Truckers Worry About Procedures Required by Federal Chassis Regulations

Drayage truckers are struggling with complex record-keeping requirements in the new federal intermodal chassis maintenance rules that have begun to take effect, industry experts said.

June 29, 2009
Business, Safety, Technology, Logistics

Brokers, 3PLs Gaining Share as Recession Spurs Competition

Freight brokers and other third-party logistics providers say their non-asset-based models are helping them to steadily gain market share during the ongoing recession.

June 29, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

YRC, Teamsters Set Talks on Cost-Cutting

YRC Worldwide Inc. and the Teamsters union planned to return to the bargaining table June 29 to pursue additional cost-cutting steps that would help the less-than-truckload carrier cope with current financial difficulties.

June 29, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

Experts at Michigan Conference Urge Push for Longer, Heavier Trucks

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The U.S. trucking industry is falling behind its international counterparts in switching to higher-productivity vehicles

June 29, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

Maersk to Charge Lease Fee for Intermodal Chassis

The world’s largest ocean container shipping company, Maersk Line, said it will begin charging leasing fees to local truckers who use their intermodal chassis, which traditionally have been free.

June 29, 2009
Business, Safety, Government

House Panel Leaders Resist Bid to Stall Highway Funding Bill

WASHINGTON — House transportation leaders appeared isolated last week, as several prominent senators endorsed a bid by the Obama administration to postpone working on a major surface transportation-funding bill until 2010.

June 29, 2009
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

’07 Engines Run Cleaner Than Federal Standards

Over-the-highway trucks and buses with 2007 engine technology ran nearly 90% cleaner than required by federal emission standards for diesel particulate matter, the key pollutant targeted that year, a recent study has found.

June 29, 2009
Business, Safety, Government

Panel OKs Draft Funding Bill That Includes EOBR Mandate

WASHINGTON — A key House subcommittee last week approved the framework for a new six-year surface transportation plan proposed by transportation committee leaders.

June 29, 2009
Government, Business, Safety

Roadcheck 2009 Results Show Improvement, CVSA Says

Roadcheck 2009 inspections showed significant declines in vehicle and driver out-of-service rates as well as safety belt violations, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said Thursday.

June 25, 2009
Business, Safety, Government

DOT Releases $140 Million for Transport Projects

The Department of Transportation said it has released about $140 million in federal aid this week to assist 249 transportation improvement projects around the country.

June 24, 2009