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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, Safety, Government

Patriot Transportation’s Fiscal 3Q Income Rises

Patriot Transportation Holding’s fiscal third-quarter net income rose to $2.68 million, or 28 cents per share, from $2.38 million, or 25 cents, a year ago.

August 2, 2012
Business, Safety, Government

P.A.M. Turns Second-Quarter Profit

Truckload carrier P.A.M. Transportation Services said its second-quarter net income rose to $935,000, or 11 cents per share, from $693,000 or 8 cents, a year ago.

August 2, 2012
Business, Safety, Government

Georgia Voters to Vote Tuesday on Transportation Tax

Voters in and around Atlanta will vote Tuesday on a proposition to increase sales tax by a penny to raise $18 billion for transportation projects, the Associated Press reported.

July 30, 2012
Government, Business, Safety, Technology, Equipment

Rand McNally Upgrades, TPC 7600

Rand McNally Inc. said it has upgraded the hardware for its TPC 7600 mobile communication fleet-management system.

July 30, 2012
Government, Safety

FMCSA to Publish Crash Accountability Results Next Year

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will research how it could assign blame for truck crashes based on a carrier’s fault, and publish the results of its study in summer 2013, the agency said Monday.

Timothy Cama | Staff Reporter
July 23, 2012
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

Finding Ways to Reduce Idling Can Be Challenging for Carriers

For carriers, the effort to find the best nonidling cooling option for the truck cab has not been without starts and stops.

July 23, 2012
Business, Safety

Intermodal Traffic Rises 5.6% for Week

U.S. intermodal traffic rose 6.8% last week from the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads reported.

July 19, 2012
Safety

E&MU: EGR Cooling Issues Vex Fleets

The coolers at the heart of exhaust gas recirculation systems that have been present on diesel truck engines since 2002 have been failing at a worrisome rate, according to several fleet managers.

July 16, 2012
Business, Safety

Sensors Credited for Reducing Wash. State Truck Crashes

Electronic sensors and enforcement are being credited as reducing the number of truck related crashes in Washington State, the Associated Press reported.

July 16, 2012
Government, Business, Safety

Two DOT Agencies Pressured to Synchronize Online Databases for Carrier Hazmat Loads

The Transportation Intermediaries Association has renewed its bid to force the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to display more information in its database for consistency with another federal agency.

July 9, 2012