Safety
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.
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to Talk P3s at Port of Newark
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is scheduled to expand on the role of public-private partnerships, or P3s, at an event at the Port of Newark, New Jersey, on Oct. 1.
September 28, 2015FedEx’s Vos Wins SuperTech; TMC Seeks Young Technicians
ORLANDO, Fla. — Eric Vos, a FedEx Freight technician from Boise, Idaho, admitted he was nervous when he didn’t hear his name called as an individual station winner at TMC SuperTech.
TT Archives: EPA Fines Engine Makers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Volkswagen cheated on air-pollution rules for its diesel cars with a defeat device, reminiscent of 1998 when heavy-duty truck manufacturers were doing the same thing.
September 28, 2015August Tonnage Gains 2.1%
Truck tonnage hauled by for-hire carriers in the United States increased 2.1% in August compared with the same month in 2014, American Trucking Associations reported Sept. 22.
Inefficient Intermodal Terminals Slowing Supply Chain, Execs Say
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Efforts to improve intermodal productivity continue to be frustrated by inefficient terminal operations that punish truckers.
Tire Makers Expect GHG Proposal to Boost Low-Resistance Model Sales
Federal regulators have taken steps to push the trucking industry toward greater adoption of low-rolling-resistance tires on trucks and trailers in the years ahead, but developing these increasingly efficient tires involves more than simply tweaking a rubber compound, manufacturers said.
Intermodal Cargo Market Growth Shifts as International Accelerates, Experts Say
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — International freight has re-emerged as the driving force for intermodal growth because factors such as lower diesel prices and suboptimal rail service have slowed increases in domestic truck-rail freight, experts said.
EPA Official Says GHG Final Rule on Track to Be Published During 2nd Quarter of 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. — An Environmental Protection Agency official said the federal government remains on track to issue a final rule during the second quarter of 2016 that will further tighten the trucking industry’s greenhouse-gas emissions.
DOT’s Foxx Touts White House Push to Expedite Infrastructure Projects
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx touted the Obama administration’s effort to streamline infrastructure projects through certain improvements to the Federal Infrastructure Permitting Dashboard.
Truckers Balk at Having to Pay To Reserve Parking, ATRI Says
Nearly half of commercial vehicle drivers in a survey by American Transportation Research Institute said they would refuse to pay for reserved parking.