Trucking companies are among the 2,200 high-hazard workplaces being targeted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for unannounced inspections, the agency said.

The days of the industry’s hand-in-hand relationship with the federal government are over, soon to be replaced by stronger safety enforcement, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s top trucking regulator.

A group thinks it has the right combination to unlock congressional action on a plan to reduce cargo theft and allow criminal background checks of potential employees in trucking.

The responsibility for preventing cargo theft is shared by everyone in the logistics chain.

On a fog-filled night in September 1993, a towboat got lost in a bayou near Mobile, Ala., and collided with a railroad bridge. Five minutes later, the bridge collapsed under the weight of an onrushing Amtrak train. Forty-seven passengers and crew died in the wreck.

As the Truckload Carriers Association’s focus on education gets sharper, its image of the Truckload Academy is getting clearer.

TT File PhotoA group thinks it has the right combination to unlock congressional action on a plan to reduce cargo theft and allow criminal background checks of potential employees in trucking.

The responsibility for preventing cargo theft is shared by everyone in the logistics chain.

TT PhotoThe days of the industry’s hand-in-hand relationship with the federal government are over, soon to be replaced by stronger safety enforcement, according to the FHWA's top trucking regulator, Julie Cirillo (pictured).

The nation’s harshest trucking critic and the largest state trucking association have joined forces to oppose plans to open four southwestern states to increased truck traffic from Mexico until a variety of safety concerns are met.