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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, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Fleets Fight Increase in Cargo Theft With High- and Low-Tech Solutions

As if 2020 wasn't difficult enough for trucking, the industry also saw a substantial rise in cargo theft. Here's what some fleets are doing to fight it.

Mindy Long | Special to Transport Topics
February 23, 2021
Business, Equipment, Safety

Haldex Posts Net Loss in Q4 Amid Positive Signs

Haldex reported a 13% drop in fourth-quarter revenue as well as a net loss that was less steep, compared with a year earlier, as sales to truck makers declined.

Roger Gilroy | Senior Reporter
February 22, 2021
Business, Safety

ATA Launches Efforts to Help Texans Battered by Storm

American Trucking Associations has launched a relief effort aimed at helping those in Texas and Louisiana impacted by the recent deadly snowstorm.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
February 22, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, TCA

Pennsylvania Trucking Industry Opposes State DOT’s Bridge Tolling Plan

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has released a list of bridges that are being considered for tolling, a practice the state’s trucking community has bristled against. 

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
February 19, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

How Consolidation Is Reshaping Trucking’s Technology Sector

Consolidation has dramat­ically reshaped trucking’s technology market over the past decade, with dozens of software and telematics companies joining forces to create larger organizations with expanded capabilities and broader reach.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
February 19, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

Massachusetts Bond Bill Includes Funding for Roads, Bridges and Transit

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker recently signed a $16 billion transportation bond bill, which includes funding to modernize various modes of transportation.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
February 19, 2021
Technology, Equipment, Safety

How Drivers Are Using Mobile Apps to Make Life on the Road Easier

Today’s professional truck drivers are using mobile apps to help manage many facets of work and life on the road.

Stephen Bennett | Special to Transport Topics
February 19, 2021
Business, Equipment, Safety

Pandemic Forces Cancellation of NTDC for Second Consecutive Year

For the second summer in a row, the National Truck Driving Championships & National Step Van Driving Championships are being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
February 18, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

DOT Opens Funding Opportunity for $889 Million in INFRA Grants

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it is making $889 million available through its latest round of Infrastructure For Rebuilding America grants.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
February 17, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Trucking Takes On Lawsuit Abuse in Florida

The Florida Trucking Association and its business allies are taking on lawsuit abuse in the state’s courts, and with the state Legislature, where the climate for change seems to be improving.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 17, 2021